tremolo

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: trem=o=lo

CIDE DICTIONARY

tremolo, n. [It. Cf. Tremulous.].

 The rapid reiteration of tones without any apparent cessation, so as to produce a tremulous effect.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tremolo, n. Mus.
1 a tremulous effect in playing stringed and keyboard instruments or singing, esp. by rapid reiteration of a note; in other instruments, by rapid alternation between two notes (cf. VIBRATO).
2 a device in an organ producing a tremulous effect.

Etymology

It. (as TREMULOUS)

THESAURUS

tremolo

Bebung, English horn, bassoon, block flute, bombard, bourdon, cello, claribel, clarinet, clarion, concert flute, cornet, cornopean, cromorna, cymbel, diapason, dulciana, falter, flute stop, flutter, foundation stop, fourniture, gamba, gedeckt, gemshorn, harmonic flute, hybrid stop, koppel flute, larigot, melodia, mixture, mutation stop, nazard, oboe, octave, organ stop, piccolo, plein jeu, posaune, principal, quaver, quint, quintaten, quiver, rank, ranket, reed stop, register, rohr flute, sesquialtera, shake, shawm, spitz flute, stop, stopped diapason, stopped flute, string diapason, string stop, tierce, tremble, tremolando, tremolant, tremor, trill, trillet, trilleto, trillo, trombone, trumpet, twelfth, unda maris, vibrato, viola, voix celeste, vox angelica, vox humana