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jose oscar
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Post by jose oscar » Tue Feb 27, 2018 6:25 pm

How could I write a Trill to a C note, specifying that must be done with the superior note (D) and not with the inferior one (B)?
In the articulation tool table I can find the Trill, and possibly the parenthesis coulkd help to do it, but I am not sure.



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Post by motet » Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:12 pm

I'm not sure I follow. Which two notes do you want to trill between?

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Post by zuill » Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:19 pm

I was taught that a trill is with the note above. So, I wouldn't do anything. I would only indicate if it was to be inverted to the note below.

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Post by jose oscar » Wed Feb 28, 2018 6:33 pm

motet wrote:I'm not sure I follow. Which two notes do you want to trill between?
C-D-C-D..

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Post by jose oscar » Wed Feb 28, 2018 6:40 pm

zuill wrote:I was taught that a trill is with the note above. So, I wouldn't do anything. I would only indicate if it was to be inverted to the note below.

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You are right, zuill. Nowdays that's the normal thing, but I think some centuries ago it wasn't always the case and the Trill could be done with the inferior note.
I am not quite sure, though. I must go to the books on Theory to see notation in the Baroque period. Maybe it was the same as the interpretation of "mordentes". But I only say "maybe".

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Post by motet » Wed Feb 28, 2018 7:06 pm

In any case, if you write tr on a C, it will be taken to mean trill to D.

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Post by jose oscar » Thu Mar 01, 2018 12:37 am

Thank you, motet and zuill, for your time

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