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Trills
Would anyone care to remind me how trills are supposed to be played? If a piece's scale is C-sharp minor, and the trill is on F#, would I do F# and G#?
I believe you play the key above the trilled key, but in this case would it be F# to G?
Here's the piece I'm speaking of by the way:
http://imslp.org/wiki/Nocturne_in_C_...2C_Frederic%29
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Unless there is an accidental above the trill, you play the note and 2nd away using the key signature. In the key of c-sharp minor, you would play f sharp and g sharp.
OK so does the key have anything to do with playing the key of the trills? Remembering the key of C-sharp minor, if the trill began on G sharp, would I play A sharp for the sole reason of it being 2 notes away from G sharp?
Thanks for your help by the way.
Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend. -- Beethoven
C sharp minor is the relative minor of e major. So, it has 4 sharps (f, c, g, and d). By a second, i mean a letter name away (not a whole step). G sharp would be played with a natural, because a sharp is not in the key signature.
OK, I think I understand. I've heard players add a grace note or two before they enter into the trill, so I just wondered if that was improvisational or actually meant to be played like that. Thanks again.
Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend. -- Beethoven
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