(n.) The rapid reiteration of tones without any apparent cessation, so as to produce a tremulous effect.
(n.) A certain contrivance in an organ, which causes the notes to sound with rapid pulses or beats, producing a tremulous effect; -- called also tremolant, and tremulant.
Example Sentences:
(1) "A very loose taped-up tremolo arm on a Fender Jazzmaster, open chording and a few effects," is as far as he will be drawn.
(2) Our results confirmed the presence of peculiar electroacoustic characteristics in the senile voice (mean pitch value variation in males and in females, vocal substain deficit, decrease in vocal intensity, senile tremolo, cycle-to-cycle alteration of Fo and mean amplitude) due to morphofunctional changes of the pneumo-phono-articulatory system.
Vibrato
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Broadly, semantic scales clustered into the categories vocal technique, general evaluation, vibrato, clarity, and sharpness.
(2) Finally, Experiment 5 indicated that in trained listeners, vibrato had no influence on identification performance even when the maskers and the vowels had synchronous onsets and offsets.
(3) In Experiment 3, vibrated rather than steady pulse trains were used as maskers; when these maskers were at 40 dB, the vibrated versions of the vowels were slightly less identifiable than their steady versions; but, as in Experiment 2, vibrato had no effect when the maskers were at 65 dB.
(4) The subjects used slightly more vibrato when singing in the solo mode.
(5) Bi-phonation and vibrato occurred more often, double harmonic break and glottal roll less often.
(6) Graphs of this autocorrelation function for a number of violin sound samples, including a two-octave scale, vibrato, and glissando, are presented.
(7) In the present study, in terms of these problems, utilizing the modal analysis applying a vibrato-logical technique and the strain gauge device appropriate for the determination of the time-course, samples of chrome-cobalt alloy and of partial denture were examined for the influence of inserted adhesive and non-adhesive resins upon them.
(8) She delivers that last word with a kind of oratorical vibrato.
(9) Vibrato was indirectly produced by the vocal cords.
(10) Vibrato was also made by rhythmic open and narrowing movements of the glottis.
(11) Two of the characteristics studied, vibrato and the 'tonal pit', occurred significantly more often in cries of the cleft palate infants than in cries of the control series.
(12) This effect of vibrato should probably be considered as a Gestalt phenomenon originating from central auditory mechanisms.
(13) And he did it casually, without the vibrato of "this is hugely dangerous and difficult".
(14) Frequency modulation characteristics of sustained vowel phonations in vocal vibrato were investigated.
(15) Differences among the soft (pianissimo), light, neutral, free, straight, extra vibrato, and loud (fortissimo) modes were mainly due to the spectral effect of vocal effort, which constituted a very dominant first spectral dimension.
(16) Experiment 1 showed that for maskers consisting of bursts of pink noise, vibrato had no effect on thresholds.
(17) There's a sensuality to the vocal which is the result of me finally having the mic to myself and simply revelling in the experience – all that lovely reverb, all that lovely low vibrato; God, I was enjoying myself!
(18) Implications of these findings for the nature of underlying mechanisms of frequency control in vocal vibrato are discussed.
(19) Validation, calibration, and reliability data from synthesized test signals with modulation, as well as phonation from subjects with vocal tremor, subjects producing vibrato, and subjects with normal voice are presented.
(20) Travolta, however ( Tra-volta ), introduced the Tony-award winning Broadway star to the stage, thusly: Facebook Twitter Pinterest If you didn’t quite catch that, here’s a full transcript: Please welcome, the WiCk-edly talented, the juan and oNly Idina Menzel azhfgfljfefhisjkfs Setting aside for a moment the fact that Travolta apparently also struggles with the word ‘wickedly’, and adds a vibrato flourish to “the one and only”, the glaringly obvious discrepancy here is the blender of vowels he tries to pass off as a name.