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  • noun Plural form of tremolo.

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Examples

  • Under conductor Will Crutchfield, the orchestra and chorus brought richness and bel canto lyricism to the score, from the galloping motifs of the overture to the antiphonal horn playing that evoked the echoes of the Swiss mountains, the lively, fugal mustering of the cantons in Act II, and the victorious tremolos of the finale.

    Pared 'Flute' Is a Muted Production Heidi Waleson 2011

  • The musicians poured out the music based on a poem by Richard Dehmel with seamless urgency, intense focus and magically shimmering tremolos as the composer and poet transformed darkness into radiant light.

    Emerson opens string quartet festival with well-played Schonberg Post 2011

  • The musicians poured out the music based on a poem by Richard Dehmel with seamless urgency, intense focus and magically shimmering tremolos as the composer and poet transformed darkness into radiant light.

    Emerson opens string quartet festival with well-played Schonberg Post 2011

  • "Red Arc/Blue Veil," by Alaska-based composer John Luther Adams, mixed the rushing arpeggios and tremolos of piano and vibraphone with computer-processed sounds to atmospheric, even seismic effect.

    On the Verge of experimental dissolution Charles Downey 2011

  • The chorus quietly mouths emotionally charged lines from Emily Dickinson's poetry, their words clashing against throbbing drum tremolos and the string orchestra's charging bows.

    From City Choir of Washington, triumph out of tragedy 2011

  • Enchanted Preludes, for example, composed in 1988: As the flute (Brook Ferguson, in this performance) spins out her darting, bubbling line, the cello (David Gerstein) tries to join in with his best flute imitation, all tremolos and harmonics and sharp-tongued pizzicati.

    Magna Carter (4): Identity Politics Matthew Guerrieri 2008

  • Enchanted Preludes, for example, composed in 1988: As the flute (Brook Ferguson, in this performance) spins out her darting, bubbling line, the cello (David Gerstein) tries to join in with his best flute imitation, all tremolos and harmonics and sharp-tongued pizzicati.

    Archive 2008-07-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008

  • Onstage at Bonnaroo, songs that began as gently strummed or picked folk-rock sprouted episodes of noise – frenetic electric-guitar tremolos, two-fisted keyboard pummeling, volcanic drum crescendoes – even in older songs like “Via Chicago,” which had three giant eruptions while Jeff Tweedy kept singing its modest melody.

    Bonnaroo: Wilco Gets Noisy - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007

  • Onstage at Bonnaroo, songs that began as gently strummed or picked folk-rock sprouted episodes of noise – frenetic electric-guitar tremolos, two-fisted keyboard pummeling, volcanic drum crescendoes – even in older songs like “Via Chicago,” which had three giant eruptions while Jeff Tweedy kept singing its modest melody.

    Bonnaroo: Wilco Gets Noisy - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007

  • He simply possesses each tune fully, courtesy of rolling chords, well-placed tremolos, notable restraint and the defining force of his musical presence.

    The Musical Benefits of Ties That Bind 2009

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