vibrato

Example Sentences

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His vibrato is disciplined and finely grained; when he moves up and down the neck, the motion is smooth as a jet plane lifting into altitude.

From Los Angeles Times

Some of her high notes are intense and resonant, but her vibrato can be wild and her very soft and low singing, uncertain.

From New York Times

Through every change of style, Thorn’s voice — low, smoky and pensive, rarely indulging in vibrato or ornamentation — gave the duo’s songs an emotional equipoise.

From New York Times

As she listened, she would pick apart details like phrasing, timbre and vibrato, exploring what made one singer different to another.

From BBC

“I’ve had some trauma/Did things I didn’t wanna/Was too afraid to tell ya/But now I think it’s time,” she sings in her fluttering vibrato, accompanied just by staccato keyboard notes.

From New York Times