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Raskolnikov
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Raskolnikov
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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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