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"A vibrato produced on the clavichord by varying the pressure with which a key is held and thus varying the tension of the string that has been struck. Notated [as repeated notes with dots under a slur), it is mentioned in the writings of Mattheson, Marpug, C.P.E. Bach, and Turk." (New Harvard Dictionary of Music). The term has been mistakenly used to designate a repeated note slur, sometimes with a change of fingers indicated, seeming to indicate that the second note should be articulated rather than tied (cf. Newman, Beethoven on Beethoven, p. 295)