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From:  John Alexander Blyth <BLYTHE@B...>
Date:  Fri Mar 31, 2000  4:01 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] Learning to Trill


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...
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><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>
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><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.
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><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Whenever I do this,&nbsp;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>
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><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance!</FONT></DIV>
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John Blyth
Baritone, inter alia.
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada


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