tremolo
English
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)
- (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).
- (music) A variation in the volume of a note or a chord, evoking a tremor or quiver.
- (music) The device in an organ that produces a tremolo effect.
Derived terms
- tremolist
- tremolo picking
Translations
Catalan
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /treˈmolo/
- Hyphenation: tre‧mo‧lo
- Rhymes: -olo
Noun
tremolo (accusative singular tremolon, plural tremoloj, accusative plural tremolojn)
- aspen (Populus tremula)
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtremolo/, [ˈt̪re̞mo̞lo̞]
- Hyphenation: tre‧mo‧lo
Declension
Inflection of tremolo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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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 |
Italian
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɾeˈmolo/, [t̪ɾeˈmolo]
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