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vibrato

[vi-brah-toh, vahy-] / vɪˈbrɑ toʊ, vaɪ- /
NOUN
vibration
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Stewart’s wild, shivering vibrato sliced through layers of fiddle and pedal steel, eventually grabbing the attention of Nashville bigwigs, including Roy Dea, a Texas-born record producer who would become one of Stewart’s loyal supporters.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 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

It’s apparent in her music, which fuses the sounds of jazz and classical giants past with romantic storytelling, punctuated by a deep vibrato and modern-day references.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 26, 2024

The bottom of a block might be quiet, the top loud and individuals can add vibrato and other flourishes as they go, requiring skill and practice.

From BBC Dec. 14, 2023

Dee sings, high-pitched and with plenty of extra cartoonish vibrato.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

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




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