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Trill Notation


keman

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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):

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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?

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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). 

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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.

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