vibrato

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

Musically, trot is defined by its frequent use of minor scales and a distinctive vocal style marked by heavy vibrato and kkeokgi - a technique that bends notes to heighten emotional expression.

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026

She has a vibrato that is out of place.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2025

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

His girls were playful, wistful, always dancing across the house, jumping from bed to bed, singing with feigned vibrato, swooning.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

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