VIBRATO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(music) a pulsating effect in an instrumental or vocal tone produced by slight and rapid variations in pitch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("vibrato" is a kind of...):

sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)

Domain category:

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vibrato"):

tremolo (vocal vibrato especially an excessive or poorly controlled one)

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