vibrato

/viˈbɹɑtoʊ/

slight, rapid variation in pitch for expressiveness

vibrato in a sentence

“Her warm vibrato enriched every phrase.”

Italian vibrato vibrated, from Latin vibrare to shake

Related Words

pizzicato

plucking strings instead of using the bow

glissando

a slide from one note to another

arpeggio

notes of a chord played in succession

counterpoint

the technique of combining melodies

dissonance

a combination of tones that sounds unstable

harmony

the combination of simultaneous notes in chords