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VIBRATO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vibrato mean? 

VIBRATO (noun)
  The noun VIBRATO has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: VIBRATO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VIBRATO (noun)


Sense 1

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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