vibrato
ビブラート
解説 Definition
vibrato は、歌声や楽器の音を細かく揺らすビブラートという意味です。日本語の「ビブラート」とほぼ同じで、音楽表現として音程や音量に自然な揺れを加えることを指します。
Vibrato is a musical effect produced by a regular, slight fluctuation in pitch, often with some accompanying variation in intensity. Singers and instrumentalists use it to add warmth, expression, or richness to a sustained note.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
vibrato はイタリア語で「震わせた」に当たり、vibrate「振動する」、vibration「振動」と同じ語源です。歌手や弦楽器奏者が一つの音を細かく揺らす場面を描き、gentle vibrato、control one’s vibrato、slow vibrato と覚えます。tremolo は主に音量の反復変化なので区別しましょう。
Link vibrato with vibrate and vibration: all carry the idea of rapid, controlled movement. Picture a singer sustaining one note while its pitch gently moves above and below the center, or a violinist controlling that movement with the finger. Useful combinations include gentle vibrato, a wide vibrato, slow vibrato, and control one’s vibrato. The word came from Italian musical vocabulary, so its final -o is part of the borrowed noun. Keep it distinct from tremolo: vibrato primarily involves a periodic change in pitch, whereas tremolo primarily involves repeated changes in loudness or rapid repetition of a note.
例文
Her vibrato was gentle and clear during the final note.
最後の音で、彼女のビブラートはやさしく澄んでいました。
The violin teacher asked him to control his vibrato more carefully.
バイオリンの先生は、彼にビブラートをもっと丁寧に調整するよう求めました。
A slow vibrato gave the melody a warm feeling.
ゆっくりしたビブラートが、その旋律に温かみを与えました。
vibrato の類義語・関連語
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vibrato の語源・成り立ち Etymology
vibratoはイタリア語vibrato「震わせた」に由来し、もとはラテン語vibrare「揺らす・震わせる」です。音程を小刻みに揺らす奏法なので、語源どおり「震える音」の感覚がそのまま意味になっています。関連語はvibrate、vibration。
Vibrato was borrowed from Italian vibrato, literally “vibrated” or “made to tremble,” the past participle of vibrare. The Italian verb comes from Latin vibrāre, meaning to move rapidly back and forth, shake, or brandish. In musical use, the term came to denote the controlled wavering of a sustained tone, especially in pitch. English vibrate and vibration descend from the same Latin source and preserve the underlying idea of oscillating movement.
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