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tremolo Music

1. 

a. (in playing the violin, cello, etc.) the rapid repetition of a single note produced by a quick back-and-forth movement of the bow

b. the rapid reiteration of two notes usually a third or greater interval apart (fingered tremolo)

2. (in singing) a fluctuation in pitch

3. a vocal ornament of late renaissance music consisting of the increasingly rapid reiteration of a single note

4. another word for tremulant