What is "vibrato"

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 in pitch; but in common usage the terms are made synonymous.

[Century Dictionary]

n. (context music English) The musical effect or technique where the pitch or frequency of a note or sound is quickly and repeatedly raised and lowered over a small distance for the duration of that note or sound.

n. (music) a pulsating effect in an instrumental or vocal tone produced by slight and rapid variations in pitch

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 factors: the amount of pitch variation ("extent of vibrato") and the speed with which the pitch is varied ("rate of vibrato").

In singing it can occur spontaneously through variations in the larynx. The vibrato of a string instrument and wind instrument is an imitation of that vocal function.

Vibrato is the 12th studio album by Paul Gilbert, released on October 15, 2012. The album is half instrumental.

"Vibrato" ( Hangul: 떨려요; RR: tteollyeoyo) is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Stellar and served as their sixth digital single. It was released on July 20, 2015 by The Entertainment Pascal and distributed by CJ E&M. It was written and produced by Hwang Hyun, member of MonoTree. The song was later included in their second extended play Sting (2016).