The article entitled "The Singers tremolo and vibrato--their origin and musical value," was written by Lester S.
There seems to be considerable confusion among singers and even writers as to the use and meaning of tremolo and vibrato.
I taught every pupil in this way and cured many of the tremolo habit by showing them how to breathe properly and then use this art intelligently.
Stigelli was also one of the same style of singers at that time and I heard them both in grand opera and there was never a tremolo in either of their voices but perfect art in messa di voce, Bel Canto singing.
This sickly sentimental style has also naturalized in singing a gross trick unfortunately very prevalent, the tremolo of the notes.
This is often done to hide a worn-out voice, but more often because the singer is under a foolish delusion that this tremolo is very expressive and dramatic.
I heard, however, that she had never returned to the tremolo after I had once placed her voice in the right path.
This ebbing and flowing undulating wave of sound upon sustained notes was the source from which sprung the modern tremolo and vibrato, which is so much in evidence among singers and so offensive to all really refined musical taste.
It is pianissimo, scored for very high tremolo violins, celesta bells, and harp; and I should very much like to know exactly what it means in its present position in the play.
After the nest was abandoned I sat down in the usual place, hoping to hear the silver tremolo I am so fond of.
It was neither so loud nor so clear; the introductory notes were given with uncertainty and hesitation, and the tremolo was a slow and very poor imitation.
The tremolo is a sure sign that the vocal chords have been stretched beyond their natural limits, and there is only one thing can cure this.
After all, the most beautiful voices in the world are not necessarily the biggest voices, and certainly the tremolo is about the worst fault a singer can have.
The pupil suffering fromtremolo or even very strong vibrato must have courage to stop at once and to forego having a big voice.
By forcing the pressure a little a sort of portamento effect could be obtained, and by causing the finger to shake up and down on the pressed key one could get a faint and pathetic tremolo from the vibrating string.
The victims were panting in their heavy fleeces, and mingling their hoarse, plaintive tremolo with the ripple of the water and the sound of young voices in a frolic.
If we begin with the long sustained tone, the young singer is sure to hold the voice in his throat, or if he lets go, a tremolo will result.
Either a throaty, stiff tone or a tremolo will result from practicing the single sustained tone.
Again the deep tremolo rose up, echoing from the cliffs, and Hardy paused in the midst of a story to listen.
It is highly probable that the tremolo is caused by a trembling of the vocal organs, due to muscular stiffness.
The tones of a voice afflicted with tremolo always give evidence of extreme throat tension.
Attempting to correct a tremolo by "holding the throat steady" causes the throat to tremble all the more.
A simple experiment illustrates the nature of the muscular action from which the tremolo results.
Curiously enough, it sounded quite right, tremolo and all.
This is followed first by singing flat, and later by the appearance of the hideous tremolo (see Tremolo) to which so many singers fall victims.
Vibrato is the first stage, tremolo the second; a third and last, and much more hopeless, shows itself in flat singing on the upper middle tones of the register.
If the former Italian method of rendering certain arias was marred by the tremolo of some famous singers, there is no good artistic reason why any one should retain anything so hideous as a tremolo solely because it is traditional.
As if she decided it was the latter, she moved away, and had nearly re-crossed the room, when the same sad tremolo came searching the air again.
Ferry murmured to me to answer it and I sent the same faint horror-stricken tremolo back.
Tillie ran a nervous finger down inside her collar; there was a tremolo in her quail-like voice.
A pathetic wail from the flute offsets this elfish interlude; the gloom of the minor still hangs over all, and the persistent tremolo of the violins becomes oppressive as the perfume of magnolias.
While the picture lasts there is heard in the orchestra a suggestion of one of the themes that come afterward in the love-scene of the opera; this is accompanied by a softtremolo on the violins.
Hamlet hushes his singing; there is a soft, eerie tremolo of the violins; the pale moonlight falls upon the castle's turreted towers.
The people wonder with awe-hushed voices what revelation is in store, and then there floats in the orchestra the soft tremolo of the swan-music, as Lohengrin tells them of a distant land called Montsalvat, where is a radiant temple.
A gay tremolo of the stringed instruments seems to fill the air with feathered songsters, and they remind Nedda of a little ballad her mother used to croon.
More chilling than hail or snow are those sudden blasts of chords and octaves falling one on top of the other, down, down until they join and melt into the steadytremolo of the bass.
The orchestra had to execute the soft tremolo for a given time on certain chords, but when I heard the performance it appeared to me absurd, and equally derogatory both for the music and the drama.
Someone was singing in shrill tremolo above the din a song of which each verse seemed to end with the phrase, "y mañana Carnaval.
You should practise this in order to avoid it, as, when Tremolo does not proceed from real excess of feeling, it has a very ludicrous effect.
Tremolo Stress is used in excessive emotion; as joy, anger, sorrow, in excess, would cause the voice to tremble.
Mumble and grumble all about him, and men's faces showing that they were agreeing with the tremolo appeals of the elderly orators!
They took occasion to rebuke the new spirit of unrest in the old party, and their tremolo notes of protest were extremely effective.
In a dancing fury he heaped abuse on Paragot who played "The Last Rose of Summer," with rather more tremolo than usual.
From the floor above sank the saunteringtremolo of a flute, very sweet in the distance, muffled by the ceiling and wholly subdued.
From above, the tremolo of the flute still descended; but the dray long since had passed, and the street now was quiet.
The flush left his cheeks and thetremolo in his voice was replaced by a firm and even tone.
Bobby Dunlap, with a distinct tremolo in his voice.
