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# vibrato

«vibrato» in Mova's school dictionary: **a quick, small wobble up and down in the pitch of a note…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (vibrato — usually uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Vibrato is a quick, small wobble up and down in the pitch of a note, made by a singer or a player of a string or wind instrument to make the sound warmer and richer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibrato/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In music lessons, singers and violin, cello or flute players learn vibrato; it tells the listener the note is alive and expressive. In science, it links to sound, pitch and vibration. Phrases: «sing with vibrato», «a wide vibrato», «too much vibrato».

### examples

- The opera singer's voice had a lovely vibrato. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibrato/#x1)
- My violin teacher showed me how to rock my finger for vibrato. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibrato/#x2)
- Too much vibrato can make a song sound wobbly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibrato/#x3)
- The flute player added vibrato to the long note. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibrato/#x4)
- Choir boys often sing with little or no vibrato. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibrato/#x5)
- You can hear the vibrato when the singer holds a note. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibrato/#x6)

### note

Usually uncountable: «with vibrato». It is an Italian music word; say «vi-BRAH-toh». Do not confuse with «tremolo», a fast repeating of one note or a change in loudness. Related: vibrate, vibration.

### In the corpora

- [Vibrato is a controlled wobble in the voice that singers use on purpose, different from a nervous shake.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «vibrato» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibrato/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.