Dear Ian,
A most filling bill on trills. Thank you! I'm also interested in the
Jenny Lind treatise, to which you refer. What is it called/publisher?
Thanks again for your comments.--Erica
Ian Belsey wrote:
> Dear Rachel and all at the list. Thank goodness it's
> appeared again. I've just returned from Great
> Yarmouth where I have been giving my Rodgers &
> Hammerstein, and it was very pleasing to return to the
> computer and find you all still here!
>
> Anyway, trills. Probably (in my humble opinion) the
> hardest of all ornaments to learn. Indeed, you find
> the best 'trillers' are the ones who have it more
> naturally, but I suppose that's obvious!
> The advice given about the top note of the trill being
> the important one is very good so take heed of that.
> Also, I impress on my students that the old word for
> trill is of course the shake, and that can be quite a
> useful picture. In order to do a good trill, the
> larynx has to be in a state of almost complete
> relaxation as it has to 'bounce' back and forth to do
> this. It's like a bobbin on two elastic bands if you
> like. You can take one end of the bands over your
> fingers and twang them, and the bobbin bounces
> perfectly in between them until the vibration of the
> elastic bands has stopped. I hope you got that; it's
> a bit convoluted!
>
> Taking two notes and singing them slowly and then
> faster is an old method (Jenny Lind writes about it in
> her treatise on singing) and can be effective,
> provided you don't jam your larynx and the sound just
> turns into a natural vibrato. If, when practising you
> think of a pulse in the trill which you can activate
> using your abs with a slight flexing, you can end up
> with a very pretty trill. Think of one of Dame Joan's
> they're the best you can get and she often puts a
> little 'kick' in them.
>
> Anyway, happy trilling. It's one of my favourite
> things do pop in on a pause (in the right sort of
> music of course!) but I think that fabulous trillers
> may well be born, not made!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ian Belsey. Vocal technician. Bromley, Kent, England
>
>
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