Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> Technically, 
> though, what Warp was doing wasn't a tremolo, but was vibrato (a slight 
> vibration in pitch). :-)

  It seems that "tremolo" has wildly varying meanings depending on the
context, the instrument and even different versions of the same instrument.
For example "tremolo" on classical guitar means a completely different thing
than "tremolo" on an electric guitar (at least when talking about the
so-called tremolo arm).

  Curiously, if you look at the wikipedia page for "tremolo", it utterly
fails to explain what it means, in a way that is easily understood. (It
also utterly fails to explain that it means completely different things
for different instruments.)

  Even when "tremolo" is used as a form of vibrato, there's still
disagreement on what their difference is. Some argue that "vibrato" is
a variation of frequency, while "tremolo" is a variation of amplitude.
(In the case of a guitar vibrato, it's actually both: Increasing the
tension of the string increases the frequency and decreases amplitude
because of conservation of energy, and vice-versa.)

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                                                          - Warp

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