vibrato

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vibrato /vib ˈrɑ toʊ/ ?

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(n) (music) a pulsating effect in an instrumental or vocal tone produced by slight and rapid variations in pitch

Her plangent, almost vibrato-free voice rides over a mlange of island rhythms, bossa nova and folky acoustics, mostly in new songs she has co-written.
To hear that but with Michael Jackson's tone on, that quick vibrato at the end of every note, that was so crazy.
The player presses touch-sensitive colored panels instead of frets; pressure at the top of the guitar neck produces a wah-wah or vibrato effect.

"I think people assume that if you're from the theater that you're going to sing with a certain kind of sound, and it's going to be overly emotional and have lots of vibrato," Menzel said in a recent phone interview. "Pop music now has come...
on Aug 1, 2008 By: Idina Menzel Source: Modesto Bee
Cole says R&B and jazz "are far apart from one another when you actually sit down to perform it -- your chops are totally different. In R&B, you can get away with being flat, being sharp; you have to have much more vibrato. With jazz, you cannot get...
on Jul 19, 2007 By: Natalie Cole Source: Washington Post
"I wanted to write an opera that you could take a child to," says Portman, by phone from London. "That would draw them in, rather than put them off the opera medium for life. They hear operatic music and the big operatic vibrato and they...
on Apr 27, 2008 By: Rachel Portman Source: Contra Costa Times