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1.247 tremolo

ES: tremolo, I: tremolo, F: trémolo, D: Tremolo, NL: tremolo, DK: tremolo, S: tremolo, FI: tremolo.

On stringed instruments (→strings) the quick reiteration of the same tone, produced by a rapid up-and-down movement of the bow (a). The term is also used for the rapid alternation (b) between two notes of a →chord, usually in the distance of a third (→interval).

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