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Author: kelsey
Date: 2005-08-29 20:24
Hey, any tips on trilling? I'm having trouble with the whole concept. for example, when you trill, do you trill with the note above or below, and how fast should a trill be?
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Author: Ryan
Date: 2005-08-29 21:59
Hey Kelsey,
When you trill, you trill to the note above it, but make sure you pay attention to the key signature. If the song is in the key of Bb, and it says to trill on an A, you trill to a Bb, not a B. Sometimes they'll have accidentals marked in so that let's say it's still in the key of Bb, but they'll have a little note after the A with a natural sign, which means trill to B natural. Hope that's not too confusing... And generally a trill is quite fast, just go as fast as you can. Hope this helps!
-Ryan
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Author: Flute472
Date: 2005-08-30 11:45
Actually, you should pay attention to which period the piece is in.
For pieces written in the Baroque and the Classical period, you trill with the higher or upper note first.
For Romantic, Modern and Concert Band Pieces, you trill with the lower note first.
Trill as fast as possible and must be at the same speed with the rest of the players in your section.
What instrument do you play?
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Author: crab face
Date: 2005-09-01 01:12
huh? concert band pieces trill lower note? i never knew that!? my conductors never even corrected me!?
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Author: Flute472
Date: 2005-09-01 02:46
Well, by right the lower notes should be trilled first coz they are mostly pieces in the modern period.
Unless you are playing pieces transcribed from a classical or a baroque period piece, for example, Mozart's Overture to the Marriage of Figaro, then you should trill the upper note first.
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Author: TorusTubarius
Date: 2005-09-01 11:56
Trilling beginning with the upper note first for Baroque music is a good rule of thumb, however one common practice is to begin the trill on whatever note is dissonant with the chord being played underneath it.
So if you're in C, and you're trilling D-E on a G chord in a Baroque piece, you start on the E because E is not in the G chord. The effect is to create more tension within the trill and build more momentum to its final release, wherever that may be. You will find that most of the time the upper note of the trill is the dissonant note, and this is probably where the upper-note-first rule of thumb came from in the first place. However that is not to say that there wouldn't be a situation where the dissonant note might be the lower note, and in that case you might consider beginning with the lower note instead of the upper note, even in a Baroque composition.
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Author: TorusTubarius
Date: 2005-09-01 12:01
By trilling the lower note, Flute472 means beginning the trill on the lower note, not actually trilling down from the written note to the note below it.
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