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Answer for the clue "Pulsating musical effect ", 7 letters:
vibrato

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Vibrato ( Italian , from past participle of "vibrare", to vibrate) is a musical effect consisting of a regular, pulsating change of pitch . It is used to add expression to vocal and instrumental music. Vibrato is typically characterised in terms of two ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1861 (adv.), 1870 (n.), "tremulous effect in music," from Italian vibrato , from Latin vibratus , past participle of vibrare "to vibrate" (see vibrate ).\n\nStrictly, the vibrato is distinct from the tremolo , in that the latter involves a perceptible variation ...

Usage examples of vibrato.

But when speaking of the rendition of Handelian arias, he evidently uses the term vibrato in the same sense as Sieber does tremolando.

The reporta loud bang but also like the hard toll of an immense bellrang with such vibrato, I swore that I could feel sympathetic tremors racing through the haversian canals of my bones.

She had no vibrato, catch-as-catch-can volume, and an overfondness for slide.