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1.324 tremolo

ES: trémolo, I: tremolo, F: trémolo, D: Tremolo, NL: tremolo, DK: tremolo, S: tremolo, FI: tremolo.

On stringed instruments:

  1. The quick reiteration of the same tone, produced by a rapid up-and-down movement of the bow.
  2. Or, the rapid alternation between two notes of a chord, usually in the distance of a third (interval).

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See also

strings.

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