vibrato

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

vi=bra=to

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun vibrato has 1 sense

vibrato(n = noun.event) - (music) a pulsating effect in an instrumental or vocal tone produced by slight and rapid variations in pitch;

is a kind of

sound

has particulars: tremolo

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

vibrato, n. Mus. a rapid slight variation in pitch in singing or playing a stringed or wind instrument, producing a tremulous effect (cf. TREMOLO).

Etymology

It., past part. of vibrare VIBRATE

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THESAURUS

vibrato

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, tremolo, tremor, trill, trillet, trilleto, trillo, trombone, trumpet, twelfth, unda maris, viola, voix celeste, vox angelica, vox humana

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