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Re: Trills...

Author: Chris P
Date: 2007-04-30 16:41

In Baroque playing (on oboe) I do tend to hold accented apoggiaturas for around half the note value they're tied onto - especially in adagios where it can prolong the sense of resolution, and with trills I start them with a slight pause on the upper note before starting the trill.

Though in Classical I feel there's more of a sense of perfection in this era, so the trills are almost as Baroque, though executed in a more tidy manner (and usually end with a turn) - not necessarily perfectly measured out, but cleaned up more than in comparison to Baroque. Starting the trill on either the upper or lower note depending on how you feel it should be.

As for Romantic, I feel the accented appoggiatura has really made this era what it is. And I'd start the trills on the written note, again starting with a slight pause then beginning the trill slowly and building up speed and end them with a turn if that's written in, or ending the trilled note if it's at the end of the phrase by fading out - not coming to the end of the beat and stopping dead.

But it all depends on what sounds right for any given piece, but I feel the slight pause to begin with then starting the trill slow and speeding up seems to fit most periods - even in dance band playing.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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