Vibrato or Tremolo?


Barreta_jetstream1
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08/15/2001 7:15 pm
i have a question. a finger vibrato and bridge vibrato have the same name, and quite rightly so as they do the same thing, alter the pitch. this i get but what i am not sure on is this. the tremolo pedel and the guitar tremolo have the same name but do different things. one affects pitch while one affects volume. y is this? is it just an age old mix up by someone?
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08/15/2001 10:17 pm
making the pitch of your note change up and down (like with finger vibrato or with a whammy bar) is called Vibrato.

making your volume go up and down repeatedly is Tremlo.

Yes, people call vibrato tremlo but they're technicly speaking out of their butt.
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08/15/2001 11:12 pm
So where'd the name floyd-rose tremolo come from?
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08/16/2001 10:33 pm
because people have been missusing the word "tremlo" for a very long time.
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08/17/2001 4:30 pm
thanks guys
i thought it was just a mix up but i wasn't sure. although i have been playing guitar for 7 years the first 3 were acustic and the next 3 were just a sort of "plug in and go" time so it is only latly i've started ythinking about tings like that. i mean, i can set up a guitar perfectly, agusting the trus rod + neck easly, but i don't know what anything is called or y.
Thanks again.
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