tremolo
noun
a tremulous or vibrating effect produced on certain instruments and in the human voice, as to express emotion.
tremolos
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pluralof tremolo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Especially when Mr. Taborn’s chords spill into watery tremolos, all this coheres.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
Notice the chords in her right hand that begin and end with little tremolos, perfectly calibrated to make the decaying piano tones do something they should not — shake, flutter, growl.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
His piano erupted with tremolos and glissandos; his voice leaped, curled, soared and whooped.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
In “St. Francis of Assisi’s Sermon to the Birds,” the little birds attending the saint are evoked by soft, gossamer trills, arpeggios and tremolos in the piano’s high register.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2016
The thundering tremolos and chords are not intricate or beautiful, their very splendour lying in their stark, magnificent elemental power.
From Edward MacDowell by John F. Porte
