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tremulant

[ trem-yuh-luhnt ]

adjective

  1. trembling; tremulous.


tremulant

/ ˈ³Ù°ùÉ›³¾ÂáÊŠ±ôÉ™²Ô³Ù /

noun

  1. music
    1. a device on an organ by which the wind stream is made to fluctuate in intensity producing a tremolo effect
    2. a device on an electrophonic instrument designed to produce a similar effect
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tremulant1

1830–40; < Medieval Latin tremulant- (stem of ³Ù°ù±ð³¾³Ü±ôÄå²Ô²õ ) present participle of ³Ù°ù±ð³¾³Ü±ôÄå°ù±ð to tremble; -ant
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tremulant1

C19: from Medieval Latin ³Ù°ù±ð³¾³Ü±ôÄå°ù±ð to tremble
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Example Sentences

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Through the use of a tremulant or two pipes tuned slightly apart this stop produced a slightly undulating tone — an indication that some sort of oscillation was expected in singing.

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Organ: The widespread impression amongst a section of the musical public that a unit organ consists of about a dozen vox humanas and a powerful tremulant is based upon observation of the performances of the injudicious.

Several days afterwards I went to the church for the special purpose of experiment; I seated myself at the organ and commenced to improvise on the swell organ with flute, viol d'amour, and tremulant stops out.

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Regina, open the organ, and play something soft and holy, with the Tremulant.

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She stood by the bench, one hand resting on it; she stood all in the tremulant shadow.

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