Author: kdk
Date: 2014-07-24 19:28
Chris P wrote:
> Most bands I've played in have players play trills with the
> subtlety of a pneumatic drill and some players not playing the
> trills correctly (as they don't understand which note they
> should trill to) so there's a mix of whole tone and semitone
> trills both up and downwards going on in each section which is
> a total cacophony.
>
Yes, that would be cacophonous. You'd think, though, that the correction would be to make sure everyone knows what notes are involved, not to leave the trill out entirely. I guess you'll still get someone in any case who finds the right trill awkward and will do something easier.
It is something that comes up with my students constantly. A trill sign means to many of them that you just wobble between two notes - the most convenient two will do as long as the written pitch is one of them. Not only are the notes often wrong, the sound is sloppy, non-continuous and uncontrolled. Clarinetists need to be taught to trill correctly as much as they need to be taught most things about playing technique.
Karl
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