Questions tagged [trills]
The rapid alternation between two adjacent notes, usually a semitone or tone apart.
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What does this grace note/trill notation mean?
What does this notation in Haydn's Menuet and Trio mean? In the first photo, does the notation above the grace note indicate how to play the grace note: Holding the C for 1 and 1/4 beats and then B A ...
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Left hand trills toward the end of Bach's BWV 825 Sarabande
I listened to some youtube videos of this piece, and saw Bach's ornament guide. The videos don't sound like what Bach was supposed to mean in the guide, so just to see if I get it right:
Trill "1&...
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Determining the note value of a triplet with unequal note values in it
I was surfing through 8notes, specifically this to search for the meaning of a trill with a flat sign.
However, reading that trills were supposed to end with a "turn" made me slightly ...
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Are trills only for high-pitched notes?
Regarding trills for piano, I was wondering if they are used only for high-pitched notes, or if there are also instances of trills on lower notes.
The question came to my mind when I saw one of the ...
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Notation for Trill
I'm working on digitizing "Allegro in F" from the London Sketchbook for playback in Piano Marvel.
This is the original notation:
Is the following transcription correct and equivalent?
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Trill notation confusion with Mozart
Running through Mozart's sonatas again and it's time I got to the bottom of the notation.
Sonata No. 10 in C major (this copy of complete sonatas was published by Dover in 1996). This is at bar 39 of ...
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Appoggiaturas in the music of Balbastre
I compared quite a lot of recordings on Youtube of a piece called La d'Héricourt, 2nd piece of pièces de clavecin of Balbastre. In measure 7 and 8 there are some appoggiaturas.
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Performing trills in the music of W.F.Bach
I'm studying the Polonaises F. 12 of W.F.Bach (oldest son of J. S. Bach). I have no idea whether to play the trills indicated by a short chevron. Do they all start on the beat with the upper note? In ...
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Which note to use with trill
Ciaccona from Partita 2 in D minor from 6 Sonatas and Partitas for violin solo by JS Bach
The second to last note on the last line has a trill. I just wanted to check which note to use with C. Sounds ...
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Are these trill instructions correct?
As seen in Faber and Faber's Piano Adventures series, book 3B.
I have always seem trill instructions advising to begin on the primary note. But this (trill on F) says to begin striking G. Is it ...
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Trill with “no turn” in Lilypond
I'm looking for the best way to add a “no turn” annotation to a trill. It should be displayed above or below the trill extender line, right-aligned to the end of the extender line.
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What do these circled 7's and 8's mean?
I'm playing Schubert's 3rd impromptu, op. 90 D899. There is a circled number precisely under each trill, shown below, and I don't know how to interpret them.
I read here that they might indicate a ...
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Are trills played with triplets to finish them?
In the ABRSM Music Theory in Practice Grade 4 workbook, it suggests repeatedly that trills should be finished with a triplet, i.e
Should they be played as such or in a more straight and uniform tempo?...
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How do you distinguish an upper mordent from a trill?
I recently learned of the upper mordent. (first ornament in this image from Wikipedia)
To me, it looks identical to the trill from the table of ornaments I'm familiar with:
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Trills in Clementi Op. 36 No. 1 2nd movement
This is related to this discussion: How to play these trills from Clementi's Sonatina in C Major on piano?
My question: is the FG at the end of AGAGFG part of the trill, or is it the one ...
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