![]() ![]() So if the note written is a “C”, you’ll play an upper mordent like “C-D-C” very quickly.Ī lower mordent, which is a squiggle with a line through it, means the same thing, only you do a turn with the lower note. An upper mordent, indicated by a plain squiggle, means you’ll do a quick turn between the note written, and an upper note. So if you’ve got a C with the “tr” symbol above it, you’ll almost definitely be alternating D-C, starting on D.Ī mordent is sort of like a super-short trill. Trills almost always start on the note higher than the one that’s written. But if you just have a beat or half a beat, your trill might only include one or two turns. If it’s a long, held note, you can play a long trill. The length of the trill, ie how many notes you’re able to alternate, depends on the piece. If it’s not indicated one way or another, what I usually do is compare several recordings and see how professionals interpret it. The most common type of trill is a diatonic trill, which just means you alternate two notes that are a whole step apart, like D-C or B-A.ĭepending on the piece or the length of the trill, you might play the trill evenly, or you might start slowly and gradually build up speed. It’s marked with either “tr”, a long wavy line, or a combination of both. The trill is probably the most common ornament you’ll come across. Let’s talk about them one by one – how they’re notated, and how to interpret them. I want to start by talking about the ornaments you’re most likely to encounter in your music reading adventures. With a funny squiggle with an asterisk, detailing the full ornament at the bottom of the sheet music Main ornaments With a funny squiggle, a sort of “code” that is (sometimes) explained in the first pages of the book You’ll see ornamentation written in music usually in one of three ways: It makes the tune much more interesting and lively. To give you an example, I’m going to play a super-short melody by Haydn, first without any ornamentation (a bare Christmas tree), and then with ornamentation. Adding ornaments and decorations to the tree doesn’t change the shape of the tree (the melody), but it adds interest and variety. So what are they? Well, ornaments are there to – you can probably guess this – ornament the melody. Ornaments include all kinds of different finger twists and turns, and trills are a specific type of ornament. We would technically call trills “ornaments”. My goal with this video is to give you a basic reference for any trill you might come across. To compound the confusion, there are different rules for trills depending on what era your music is from – and some trills aren’t absolute laws, but mere suggestions. What does it mean? How do you play it? That’s going to be the topic of today’s video. So you’re playing your piece, and suddenly you come across a strange, squiggly line. ![]()
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