Author: Chris P
Date: 2006-09-22 22:36
You trill within the scale of the key signature, unless you see an accidental after the 'tr' sign.
In Baroque you start the trill on the note above the written note and trill down to the actual written note, from Classical onwards you generally start the trill on the written note and trill up to the note above, and the speed of the trill is up to you - you can make the trill measured and metrical, or start the trill slowly and gain speed through the duration of the note, and the trill lasts the entire duration of the note with the 'tr' or 'tr~~~' sign above it.
If it's Sousa, then the trill will begin on the F and go up to G, and as it's Sousa, you play the trill fast.
Semitone trills only happen where there are semitones occurring in the diatonic scale, or occur when written - if it's an F to F# trill, it'll be written as 'trb~~~' - since you don't have F and F# in a diatonic scale, the trill will be F-Gb - hence the flat after the trill sign.
If the composer wants an E-F# trill, but the key signature has no F# in it, then you'll see the note E with this sign above it 'tr#~~~'
Anything wider than a whole tone (from a minor 3rd and larger) will be a tremolo, and this will be notated either fully or shorthand.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
|
|
The Oboe BBoard
.jpg){kind=small}
