Best Songs Featuring a Tremolo Effect
A tremolo effect is where an audio signal (most commonly a guitar) slightly moves up and down in volume, creating a circular vibration effect. It's sometimes referred to as vibrato, but this is technically incorrect (vibrato is a change in pitch, not volume). Also, it shouldn't be confused with tremolo picking, which is a method of playing the guitar. I decided to add some old school and new school stuff just to get a good balance. Feel free to add more examples.
One of the most famous examples of tremolo; Johnny Marr said that it was inspired by the song Disco Stomp and Bo Diddley's music.
John Fogerty's lead guitar has a strong amount of tremolo, particularly in the solo.
The guitar has a very strong tremolo effect throughout the song.
The guitar chords in the intro were processed in Pro Tools to get that distinctive muddy tremolo effect.
Bo Diddley is one of the most prominent tremolo users in history - this song is just one of many examples.
Not only does the guitar have a tremolo effect, they routed some of the vocals into the guitar amp to give it a tremolo effect too.
The guitars in the first verse are laced with tremolo. It gives it that psychedelic, spooky quality.
The electric guitar has prominent tremolo, especially on the opening chord.
That really loud, vibrating guitar chord you hear at the beginning of each phrase has a strong tremolo effect on it.
The rhythm guitar has a very strong tremolo effect.
Zal Yanovsky's guitar has quite a bit of tremolo on it. It suits the mood of the song (it's more of a slow-burner).
The tremolo effect makes this song pretty much
Jonny Greenwood used a Demeter "Tremulator" pedal to get the tremolo sound. During the verses, each time he plays a chord, he turns down the speed knob on the pedal, causing the tremolo to slow down.