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Tremolo
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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

Tremolo 

in music, the rapid reiteration of one tone, of two tones separated by an interval of at least a third, or of two chords, provided at least one note in the first chord is separated by a third or more from at least one note in the second.



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Using a minimum of effects and no pick, he relies on his jawdropping technique, constantly bending notes with his Strat's tremolo arm and using his tone and volume controls to shape the sound.
The tremolo arm appeared, allowing notes to be bent down or up (before, they could only be bent upwards by pulling the string away from its natural line, thus tightening it).
 
 
 
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