tremolo

See also: trémolo and tremolò

English

tremolo notation

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tremolo, first-person present indicative of tremolare (to shake, to tremble). Origin: 1715-25.

Noun

tremolo (countable and uncountable, plural tremolos)

  1. (music) A rapid repetition of the same note, or an alternation between two or more notes. It can also be intended to mean a rapid and repetitive variation in pitch for the duration of a note. It is notated by a strong diagonal bar across the note stem, or a detached bar for a set of notes (or stemless notes).
  2. (music) A variation in the volume of a note or a chord, evoking a tremor or quiver.
  3. (music) The device in an organ that produces a tremolo effect.

Derived terms

  • tremolist
  • tremolo picking

Translations

See also


Catalan

Verb

tremolo

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of tremolar

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tremula and French tremble.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /treˈmolo/
  • Hyphenation: tre‧mo‧lo
  • Rhymes: -olo

Noun

tremolo (accusative singular tremolon, plural tremoloj, accusative plural tremolojn)

  1. aspen (Populus tremula)

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian tremolo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtremolo/, [ˈt̪re̞mo̞lo̞]
  • Hyphenation: tre‧mo‧lo

Noun

tremolo

  1. (music) tremolo

Declension

Inflection of tremolo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative tremolo tremolot
genitive tremolon tremolojen
partitive tremoloa tremoloja
illative tremoloon tremoloihin
singular plural
nominative tremolo tremolot
accusative nom. tremolo tremolot
gen. tremolon
genitive tremolon tremolojen
partitive tremoloa tremoloja
inessive tremolossa tremoloissa
elative tremolosta tremoloista
illative tremoloon tremoloihin
adessive tremololla tremoloilla
ablative tremololta tremoloilta
allative tremololle tremoloille
essive tremolona tremoloina
translative tremoloksi tremoloiksi
instructive tremoloin
abessive tremolotta tremoloitta
comitative tremoloineen

Ido

Noun

tremolo (plural tremoli)

  1. (music) tremolo

Italian

Verb

tremolo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tremolare

Portuguese

Noun

tremolo m (plural tremolos)

  1. (music) tremolo (rapid repetition of the same note)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɾeˈmolo/, [t̪ɾeˈmolo]

Verb

tremolo

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of tremolar.
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