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tremolando

tremolando noun: a tremolo section of a piece.

Noun

tremolando (plural tremolandos or tremolandi)

  1. A tremolo section of a piece.
    • […] Mr. Osorio offered Albéniz’s “Suite Española” No. 1 in a reading notable for its high-energy performances of “Granada,” with its lilting melody weaving through guitarlike figuration, and “Asturias,” in which a serpentine theme is wrapped in a hypnotic tremolando figure.2007 January 24, Allan Kozinn, “Returning to New York, Forcefully”, in New York Times
    • Wolf's own Wagner paraphrases (c. 1882) often presage the piano parts of his later songs, both in their part-writing and in their transcription of orchestral effects such as string runs or tremolandos.2011, Eric Sams, The Songs of Hugo Wolf, →ISBN

Adverb

tremolando (not comparable)

  1. Played with a tremolo effect.

Forms of tremolando

pluraltremolandos
pluraltremolandi

Origin of tremolando

From Italian tremolando (past participle of tremolare).

Questions about tremolando

What does tremolando mean?
Tremolando means a tremolo section of a piece.
What part of speech is tremolando?
Tremolando can be a noun or an adverb.
What is the plural of tremolando?
The plural of tremolando is tremolandos.

Words near tremolando in the dictionary

  1. tremograph
  2. tremographic
  3. tremographs
  4. tremography
  5. tremolandi
  6. tremolando
  7. tremolandos
  8. tremolant
  9. tremolants
  10. tremolist
  11. tremolists

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