tremolando

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adverb (or adjective)

trem·​o·​lan·​do

variants or less commonly tremulando

ˌtreməˈlän(ˌ)dō

: tremulous

—used as a direction in music to perform in a tremolo

tremolando

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noun

variants or less commonly tremulando

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plural tremolandos

-ōz

or tremolandi

-ndē

: a tremolo effect especially by the strings of an orchestra

Word History

Etymology

Adverb (or adjective)

Italian, literally, trembling, from Medieval Latin tremulandum, gerund of tremulare to tremble

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