6.6.5 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 }

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

     
     \pitchedTrill c4\startTrillSpan fis
     f\stopTrillSpan

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.

Other languages: French.