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Author: Eoin McAuley
Date: 2001-02-07 08:05
The word "tremolo" is used for two entirely different things:
1. a way of varying the volume of the note rhythmically so that it goes "wah wah wah" without changing the pitch. This is very similar to vibrato which wobbles the pitch slightly around the note.
2. a rapid alternation between two notes which are not beside each other in the scale. For example, a tremolo between C and Eb would play C Eb C Eb C Eb very rapidly. This is very similar to a trill which is the same except that the two notes are side by side in the scale.
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Author: Dee
Date: 2001-02-07 21:34
Eoin McAuley wrote:
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The word "tremolo" is used for two entirely different things:
1. a way of varying the volume of the note rhythmically so that it goes "wah wah wah" without changing the pitch. This is very similar to vibrato which wobbles the pitch slightly around the note.
2. a rapid alternation between two notes which are not beside each other in the scale. For example, a tremolo between C and Eb would play C Eb C Eb C Eb very rapidly. This is very similar to a trill which is the same except that the two notes are side by side in the scale.
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Also this second type of tremolo is at a specific subdivision of the notes as indicated by the way it is written. For example, if written as two half notes connected by a double bar, then it is played at the speed of sixteenth notes. Connected by 3 bars, they would be played as 32nd notes.
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