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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 pitch
Familiarity information: VIBRATO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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