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6.5.5 Trills

Short trills are printed like normal articulation; see Articulations.

Long running trills are made with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan,

     
     \new Voice {
       << { c1 \startTrillSpan }
          { s2. \grace { d16[\stopTrillSpan e] } } >>
       c4 }

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Trills that should be executed on an explicitly specified pitch can be typeset with the command pitchedTrill,

\pitchedTrill c4\startTrillSpan fis
f\stopTrillSpan

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The first argument is the main note. The pitch of the second is printed as a stemless note head in parentheses.

Predefined commands

\startTrillSpan, \stopTrillSpan.

See also

Program reference: TrillSpanner.

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