Trill Notation

I'm currently working on a violin passage of a piece for jazz orchestra that uses a few consecutive trills. I "came up" with this kind of notation (WT for whole tone and HT for half tone trill):

In my opinion this is a lot easier to read than the usual notation with sharps or flat, especially as this part lacks a clear tonal center. The player won't have to "think" about the notes the trills consists of.

Still, I don't think I've ever seen this before, so it might be impractical. Your thoughts?

I've begun writing them like this in my latest work, requires a bit of fiddling around on sibelius but I think it's a pretty sensible system.

I've begun writing them like this in my latest work, requires a bit of fiddling around on sibelius but I think it's a pretty sensible system.

 

 

Thanks, this looks great, I'll try to implement it.

I like Kemans way. It is simple and to the point. Robin's way works but is time consuming.

http://www.timusic.net/notation/a-trilling-experience/

Robin's way works, but there is no reason to put in the word 'all' and it just adds clutter. Personally, I would stick to what is closer to the more traditional notation: the unaccompanied 'tr'+serrated line for 1/2 step trills and the same with a sharp sign above for whole step (if you are operating with a key signature, the markings would reflect the next scale degree and the next scale degree raised a half step, respectively). 

Edited July 12, 201312 yr by Cadenza91

Robin's way works, but there is no reason to put in the word 'all' and it just adds clutter. Personally, I would stick to what is closer to the more traditional notation: the unaccompanied 'tr'+serrated line for 1/2 step trills and the same with a sharp sign above for whole step (if you are operating with a key signature, the markings would reflect the next scale degree and the next scale degree raised a half step, respectively). 

To be fair, the "all" is nothing to do with the trill, it's because the previous lines were solo.