Rachel, Although a trill *sounds* like something happening to the lower note, I find it much easier to execute a trill where the upper note has the main focus, otherwise trilling can be tension inducing and the upper note can be off. Additionally the French Baroque practice of *starting* a trill on the upper note (which arguably supplanted the Italian main-note trill in the German lands) helps to establish this kind of focus. In this case one can practice a slower alteration of upper and lower notes, and gradually work up the speed till the alternation becomes a trill. Don't expect it all to happen at once. I think whole step intervals should be practiced too. A trill isn't *just* an ornament, it is a musical event which demands the same attention as any melody. john At 18:05 30/03/00 -0600, you wrote: >Hi everybody -- can't tell you how great it is to have the list alive again! Let me be the latest to extend my gratitude to Isabelle and Karen! > >I've just started learning how to trill, and wondering if any of you have any tips for mastering it. My teacher has me singing 1/2 step intervals, starting slowly, then gradually speeding up. > >Whenever I do this, it sounds clumsy and awful (kind of like a wimpy, uneven Tarzan sound), and I get really frustrated soon after I start practicing it. Am I doing something wrong, or is this something it takes years and years of practice to get right? > >Thanks in advance! >Rachel >despina@p... > ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> ><HTML><HEAD> ><META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> ><META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> ><STYLE></STYLE> ></HEAD> ><BODY bgColor=#ffffff> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi everybody -- can't tell you how great it is to >have the list alive again! Let me be the latest to extend my gratitude to >Isabelle and Karen!</FONT></DIV> ><DIV> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've just started learning how to trill, and >wondering if any of you have any tips for mastering it. My teacher has me >singing 1/2 step intervals, starting slowly, then gradually speeding up. ></FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Whenever I do this, it sounds clumsy and awful >(kind of like a wimpy, uneven Tarzan sound), and I get really frustrated soon >after I start practicing it. Am I doing something wrong, or is this something it >takes years and years of practice to get right?</FONT></DIV> ><DIV> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance!</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rachel</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A >href="mailto:despina@p..."></A></FONT></DIV> ><DIV> </DIV> ><hr> ><!-- begin banner runid: 2575 crid: 1293 --> ><a target="_blank" href="http://click.egroups.com/1/2575/3/_/_/_/954461238/"><center> ><img width="468" height="60" > border="0" > alt="" > src="http://adimg.egroups.com/img/2575/3/_/_/_/954461238/468x60LH_Yel_GamL1. gif"></center><center><font color="white"></font></center></a> ><!-- end banner --> ><hr> ><tt> >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:<BR> >vocalist-temporary-unsubscribe@o...<BR> ><BR> ></tt> ><br> ></BODY></HTML> > > John Blyth Baritone, inter alia. Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
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