The C# trill key is
a lever activated by the first finger of the right hand to open a tone hole next to the thumb key
. It simplifies many awkward trill and tremolo fingerings, and has become a preferred feature among professional flutists. It is available as an option on the Azumi AZ3 flute.
How do you trill C to D?
For the lower C to D, you
use the first trill key with your index finger
. For the C to D up the octave, it’s the other trill key – with your ring finger. Okay, so for the C# to D trills, both the low and the high, are the first trill key.
How do you read trills on the flute?
When a note has the letters “tr” above it
, or a long squiggly line, that’s a trill. (In very old music, trills may also be notated with a “+”.) What you have to do is to rapidly alternate between the written note and the next note-name above it, in the key signature. This second note is usually not written out.
What note do you trill to?
In standard notation, a trill means you
should alternate the written pitch with the note a step higher in the key
. So in D major a trill on D would go to E natural but in Bb Major a trill on D would go to Eb.
Do flutes trill up or down?
Trills provide the flutes and other woodwinds the opportunity to add brilliance and excitement to a score. Forgive me for stating the obvious, but a trill is a rapid alternation between adjacent pitches, up either a half step or whole step from the notated pitch (
never down
).
What is C flat on flute?
A C flat is
the EXACT SAME NOTE as a B natural
(there is no note between a C and B), so if your music calls for a C flat, just finger a B natural and you’ll get the right note. Reply To Message. RE: help with c flat for flute.
How do you know when to trill up or down?
There are lots of rules that varied over music history. The shortest rule would be that in the Baroque and early Classical period trills start on the upper note (
above the principal note = “trill down”
, I guess). And that later, there is more tendency to start on the principal note and “trill up.”
How do you read a trill?
Typically, composers notate a trill by
writing the letters “tr” directly above the principle note
. Sometimes the “tr” is accompanied by a wavy line. Some trill notation consists of only a squiggly line and no “tr” sign at all.
How do you trill a note?
The usual way of executing a trill, known as a diatonic trill, is
to rapidly alternate between the written note and the one directly above it in the given scale
(unless the trill symbol is modified by an accidental, understood to apply to the added note above; this is a chromatic trill).
How do you describe trill?
to sing or play with a vibratory or quavering effect
. a rapid alternation of two adjacent tones; a shake. … a similar sound, or succession of sounds, uttered or made by a bird, an insect, a person laughing, etc.
When a Marcato is over under a note it means?
It’s even shorter and edgier than staccato. An upside down ‘V’ over a note signals that it’s to be played marcato, which
tells the musician to strongly emphasize the note, putting power into it
. In a line with one note articulated with a marcato, that note is meant to stand out.
