BEBUNG, in music, an effect principally associated with the clavichord, consisting of the prolongation or repetition of a note, not by striking it again, but by continuing to press the key slightly with the finger. The effect was much admired and was cited by C. P. E. Bach in a well known passage as a reason for preferring the clavichord to the pianoforte, on which it is not possible. Less commonly the term is also applied to the tremolo of a singer and to the throbbing or pulsating tone of a violinist. "Balancement" (Fr.) means the same thing.