vibrato

Countertenor Kangmin Justin Kim sang Alessandro with a hooded quality and too much vibrato; he sounded messy, especially in the big register jumps of his agitated Act 2 aria.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

The pair cherrypicked from the two models, and made alterations to things like vibrato speed, or slowing and relaxing phrases.

From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2024

Mr. Eddy, who was self-taught, devised his rhythmic melodicism by playing the lead lines on his recordings on his guitar’s bass strings and by liberally using the vibrato bar.

From New York Times ● May 1, 2024

The lilting vibrato made a natural accompaniment to the laid-back melodies of Hawaiian songs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2024

“Cuando la luna llena,” crooned Pulpo in a rich, haunting vibrato.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

There, a strange man with an oboe sat on the ridge of his tooth, playing wide vibratos through nimbusfog.

From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2021

All the poignant sentiment that Lennon and Ono imbued the song with is completely sucked out by singer Adam Levine’s reaching aria and overdone vibratos.

From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2018

King’s shudders and vibratos, half-shouts and glottal stops have become a synecdoche for the ongoing struggle for American freedom.

From The New Yorker ● May 8, 2017

The store’s guitar tech shakes his hand, and within minutes, they’re geeking out over Bigsby vibratos, P-90 pickups and the pink, 1956 Gibson lap steel Bonamassa recently found.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2016

Then their whinnied replies came back in trembling vibratos.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older