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Meaning of "tremolando" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TREMOLANDO

ˌtreməˈlændəʊ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TREMOLANDO

noun
adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tremolando is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TREMOLANDO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tremolo

In music, tremolo, or tremolando, is a trembling effect. There are two types of tremolo. The first is a rapid reiteration ▪ of a single note, particularly used on bowed string instruments and plucked strings such as harp, where it is called bisbigliando or "whispering". ▪ between two notes or chords in alternation, an imitation of the preceding that is more common on keyboard instruments. Mallet instruments such as the marimba are capable of either method. ▪ a roll on any percussion instrument, whether tuned or untuned. A second type of tremolo is a variation in amplitude ▪ as produced on organs by tremulants ▪ using electronic effects in guitar amplifiers and effects pedals which rapidly turn the volume of a signal up and down, creating a "shuddering" effect ▪ an imitation of the same by strings in which pulsations are taken in the same bow direction ▪ a vocal technique involving a wide or slow vibrato, not to be confused with...

Definition of tremolando in the English dictionary

The definition of tremolando in the dictionary is to be played with tremulous effect.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TREMOLANDO

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TREMOLANDO

trembler · trembles · trembling · trembling poplar · tremblingly · trembly · tremendous · tremendously · tremendousness · tremie · tremolite · tremolitic · tremolo · tremolo arm · tremor · tremorless · tremorous · tremulant · tremulate · tremulous

WORDS THAT END LIKE TREMOLANDO

Belmondo · commando · crescendo · fissure of Rolando · fricando · go commando · Hondo · innuendo · kendo · kondo · martellando · Ondo · perdendo · rondo · San Fernando · secondo · sforzando · smorzando · tondo · undo

Synonyms and antonyms of tremolando in the English dictionary of synonyms

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tremolando
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tremolando
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tremolando
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tremolando
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tremolando
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tremolando
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tremolando
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tremolando
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tremolando
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Tremolando
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tremolando
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トレモロ
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tremolando
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Tremolando
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tremolando
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tremolando
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Tremolando
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tremolando
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tremolo
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tremolando
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tremolando
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tremolando
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tremolando
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tremolando
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tremolando
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tremolando
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TREMOLANDO»

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The Oratorio of Daniel
George F. Bristow David Griggs-Janower. Ob. l, 2 Cl. 1, 2 in B!» Bn. 1,2 Hn.1, 2 inC Hn. 3, 4 in Eb Tpt. l, 2 in C Trb. 1, 2 Trb. 3 Timp. Vn. l Vn. 2 V0. [tremolando] [ tremolando] [tremolana'o] sfz [tremolando] h [tremolando] tremolando] [ tremolando] ...
George F. Bristow, David Griggs-Janower
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Stainer and Barrett's Dictionary of musical terms
... the valve gives a vibratory movement to the air which similarly affects the sound produced. On American organs, a fan-wheel by rotating in front of the wind chest causes a tremolando. Tremore (It.) [Tremolando.] Tremoroso (It.) [ Tremolando.] ...
Sir John Stainer, William Alexander Barrett, 1898
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University Musical Encyclopedia: University dictionary of ...
Abbreviation of TRE- MANDO and TREMOLANDO. Tremolando. It. Trembling or wavering tone produced by playing or bowing with great rapidity, or a vibrato arising from nervousness or bad production of vocal tone, often used to produce a ...
Louis Charles Elson, 1912
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Opera
Violent chords alternating with rising and falling tremolando in the strings, then diminuendo as Lady Macbeth enters. Lady Macbeth parlando as she reads the letter over a held chord in the strings. Unaccompanied arioso as she launches into ...
Robert Cannon, 2012
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American Popular Song Composers: Oral Histories, 1920s-1950s
Harry used to refer to me and my cohorts as the 'tremolando boys,' and he'd ask, ' And you're going to give them a position in ASCAP for writing a tremolando? Hell, all they ever wrote was blahba-bluba-blahbluba- bluba-blahba, or whatever!
Michael Whorf, 2012
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Bruckner: Symphony
Vn. II plays tremolando/< > added Wagner tubas play (not Vn. I and II, Via. and Vc .) Cl. added to Fl. Ob. and Cl. double Trpt. fanfares Fl., Ob., and Cl. double Trpt. fanfares Hn. Ill and IV altered The Finale in the 1 890 version and the 1 108 ...
Benjamin M. Korstvedt, 2000
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Robert Saxton: Caritas
The second major section of scene 1 (bars 71—1 16, see Table 4.4) focuses attention onto Christine's close family as they 'break away' to complete the table, chair and bed for the Anchoress's cell. Against a background of tremolando strings, ...
Wyndham Thomas, 2012
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Stokes' encyclopedia of music and musicians: covering the ...
Abbreviation of TRE- MANDO and TREMOLANDO. Tremolando. It. Trembling or wavering tone produced by playing or bowing with great rapidity, or a vibrato arising from nervousness or bad production of vocal tone, often used to produce a ...
Leander Jan Bekker, 1909
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Inside from the Outside: A Journey in Sudden Fiction
Tremolando. For. Rain. THE DOWNPOUR WAS sudden, as if unexpected, despite the dark clouds, a vague surprise at the core of an uneventful day. Umbrellas bobbed along the busy downtown sidewalks, carrying their hidden owners from ...
Peter Baltensperger, 2012
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The Academy of elementary music, containing a lucid ...
O'DonnellyTerence Joseph. If the second or zigzag indication extends over several notes, it implies an additional degree of force or emphasis in the execution of the phrase or strain. When the tremolando is to be articulated by the voice; the ...
O'DonnellyTerence Joseph, 1841

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TREMOLANDO»

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GRIEG: Piano Concerto in a minor; SAINT-SAENS: Piano Concerto …
In the first movement cadenza, Kholodenko indulges his piano tone and coaxes the febrile counterpoints through a silken technical control of tremolando, octave ... «Audiophile Audition, Jul 15»
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Preview: Chatham Baroque stages its 'most ambitious project to date'
... convey the agitated, warlike elements of the work -- which was a predecessor to the unmeasured technique, tremolando. At first, the original musicians refused ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Apr 15»
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Anne-Sophie Mutter Plays Brahms at Davies Hall
However, winter struggles on in the orchestra's dramatic plunge to a D-Minor, following which a fierce tremolando in the violas suggests the stormy last gasps of ... «Berkeley Daily Planet, Mar 15»
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200-Year-Old Organization Accents Youth
... by whole-measure rests, while descending motives in the violins were answered by sobs in the trombones and violas and finally, a full orchestra tremolando. «The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Feb 15»
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Sibelius Cycle 1, Berliner Philharmoniker, Rattle, Barbican
... with those string basses striding dramatically into the coda and Rattle screwing up the excitement to bursting point where the violins' tremolando shifts up into ... «The Arts Desk, Feb 15»
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Muti, Chicago Symphony remake Russian showpieces in their own …
Actually, it's nothing but a C, stretched over four octaves, with tremolando violins, cellos and basses, and a rapid diminuendo, followed by a quick three-note turn ... «New York Classical Review, Feb 15»
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Readers recommend: songs with vibrato, tremolo and oscillation
A tremolo or tremolando can also be the rapid repetition of the same note, most clearly shown by a roll on the drums. On other instruments this can sound like ... «The Guardian, Dec 14»
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Six of the best: pieces of music inspired by swans
The distinctive horn melody, heard after a tremolando string opening, recalls the majestic movement of the swans and the sounds of their calls. «Classical-Music.com, Dec 14»
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Soumm, LPO, Vänskä, Royal Festival Hall
But the dramatic outline of the piece, with its climax of tremolando strings and trombone, has a recognisable universality that needs no further explanation. «The Arts Desk, Nov 14»
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The arts diary at Guiting Festival: Morgan Szymanski and O Duo
Barrios's Una Limosna became a showpiece for the guitarist's secure technique in combining tremolando and melody, and he led the way with easy, unforced ... «Gloucestershire Echo, Jul 14»
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