tremolos
- plural of tremolo.
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
She’s backed by sustained ensemble chords at first, then tremolos and crescendos building tension, then some hints of solace but no clear resolution as Bridgers resignedly concludes, “I’m a liar.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2020
Then, over the chorus, he ascended the fingerboard with gruff tremolos followed by some reckless-sounding syncopated chords.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2016
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
With the ascending curtain there arises from the orchestra a storm of restless tremolos and shrieking scales.
From Stars of the Opera by Wagnalls, Mabel
