The tremoloa / ˈ t r eɪ m oʊ l oʊ w ə /, [1] plural tremoloas, is a stringed instrument belonging to the fretless zither family. It was produced in United States in response to the rapid increase in popularity of Hawaiian music during the 1920s, and continued to be produced until the 1950s. [2]

2022年4月6日 · The Tremoloa was created and patented in 1932 by H.G. Finney to cash in on the Hawaiian music craze that swept the US and features a warbling slide contraption, supposedly to enable every novice to become the next Sol Hoopii.

2017年2月23日 · Simulates effect of Hawaiian steel guitar (range: C4 to C6) by passing a weighted roller stabilized by a swinging lever/arm (which has an attached thumbpick!), along a melody string, picked w/right...

2019年4月11日 · This musical instrument is called a "Tremoloa" and features a slide-bar attached to a fixed arm over a single string for playing melody lines while the left ...

Tremoloa . Here's one of the most distinctive approaches to playing melody on a chord zither. It appeared in response to the rapid increase in popularity of Hawaiian music in the 1920's.

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About the Tremoloa: an interesting instrument from the zither category of the past. You play chords with one hand, and play melody on the slide string with the other. It works, and actually has decent sound, but if I'm being honest no one needs this thing.

In music, tremolo (Italian pronunciation: [ˈtrɛːmolo]), or tremolando ([tremoˈlando]), is a trembling effect. There are multiple types of tremolo: a rapid repetition of a note, an alternation between two different notes, or a variation in volume.

2017年4月27日 · It's a fretless zither with a crazy contraption that simultaneously adjusts the note, plucks it and produces a tremulous effect. In music parlance, this is really technically a vibrato. Maybe it...

2025年2月28日 · Hawaiian Tremoloa built sometime between 1920‘s and 1950’s. Gator soft shell case. Some missing strings. I suspect autoharp strings would work as replacements. This instrument is in fine structural condition and finish is near excellent. Case is very good +. Old paperwork and sheet music. Includes tuning key.