keman Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 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? Quote
Robin123 Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 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. Quote
keman Posted June 17, 2013 Author Posted June 17, 2013 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. Quote
Debreved Posted July 12, 2013 Posted July 12, 2013 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/ Quote
Cadenza91 Posted July 12, 2013 Posted July 12, 2013 (edited) 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, 2013 by Cadenza91 Quote
Robin123 Posted July 12, 2013 Posted July 12, 2013 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. Quote
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