A, the "tremolo arm" is a tragic misnomer. Technically, it imparts excessive vibrato or pitch bending. Tremolo has come to be standardized as meaning the rapid repitition of a single note or set of notes. This standard definition was certainly in place by the time Bigsby was plying their wares.
Eugene > -----Original Message----- > From: Narada [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 5:28 AM > To: 'Jerzy Zak'; 'Lute Net' > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Haynes Book, was French trill? [Scanned] > > Must admit I find this confusing too. > > According to the great encyclopedia of the cyber world wikipedia: > > The tremolo was invented by late 16th century composer Claudio Monteverdi, > as described by Weiss and Taruskin in the book Music in the western world: > A > history of documents page 146 > > Perhaps the definition can be better understood from that source. > > As a guitarist ( and a lutenist ) tremolo & vibrato are two different > things. Tremolo being achieved either with a stomp box or with a tremolo > arm, oft known as a 'wang bar' vibrato on the other hand is the rapid > movement of the fingers on a note, either by short pulls and releases of > the > strings or by rapid rocking motion of the string on the fretted note. > > Neil > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerzy Zak [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 05 February 2009 10:13 > To: Lute Net > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Haynes Book, was French trill? > > > Excuse me, but are we talking about some rare forgotten curiosity of > someones articulation or a term on par with vibrato, considering > modern termonology. Until now I thought 'tremolo' is a fast > repetition of one or two notes, as in scoring (orchestration/ > instrumentation) for bowed strings, but also known as a 'guitar > tremolo'. > > I think, David shoud reply what he means. > Regards, > J > _____ > > On 2009-02-05, at 09:23, Daniel Winheld wrote: > > >> On 2009-02-04, at 21:30, David Tayler wrote: > >> > >>> BTW, the tremolo is more interesting than the vibrato in early > >>> recordings. People stopped using it. And it sure sounds better > >>> without it. I'd trade vibrato for tremolo any day. Nobody talks > >>> about that, but it is the biggest single change in performance in > >>> the 20th century. > > > > Conchita Supervia- Spanish singer, 1895- 1936. Did some very > > interesting things with her voice. Also had the ability to refrain > > from doing them. > > > >> What is tremolo in singing or on melody instrument? > >> J > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
