A sound, of consonantal character, made with a rapid succession of partial or entire intermissions, by the vibration of some one part of the organs in the mouth -- tongue, uvula, epiglottis, or lip -- against another part; as, the r is a trill in most languages.
The action of the organs in producing such sounds; as, to give a trill to the tongue. d
A shake or quaver of the voice in singing, or of the sound of an instrument, produced by the rapid alternation of two contiguous tones of the scale; as, to give a trill on the high C. See Shake.
A trill is a quick burst of very short, staccato notes all run together in a series. Trills may sound like spoons being rapidly tapped against glass, sewing machines, etc. and are quite varied.
A vocal ornament, also called a shake, which consists of the rapid alternation of the written note with its adjacent one (usually the note above). One Singer who was especially renowned for her trill was the great Joan Sutherland.
A fast alternating between a main pitch and the diatonic pitch above it. Have a look.
a very rapid alternation of two short notes
Musical ornament that consists of two notes a half step or a whole step apart played in rapid alternation.
Two notes that are rapidly and repeatedly alternated.
Ornament consisting of the rapid alternation between one tone and the next above it. The trumpet plays several trills in this example, generally near the end of phrases. Example: Mouret, Rondeau Real Audio: 28K | 56K | About this album
The deliberate rapid alteration of adjacent notes.
Very quick alternation of pitch between two adjacent notes. See coloratura.
a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
a fast alternation between two notes
an educated yodel at the vocal cords that may or may not be easy for a singer to produce
a rapid going back and forth between a note and the note just above it
A trill is an effect produced by rapidly alternating between two notes.
A sound made by the rapid tapping of two organs of speech together (eg Spanish [rr]). Alternatively known as a roll.
Two rapidly and repeatedly alternated notes.
An ornament consisting of the rapid alternation of two adjacent tones.
An operatic "trick" used mostly, but not exclusively, by sopranos. A trill consists of a rapid alternation between two notes, usually a half step or a step apart.
An ornament consisting of a rapid alternation between two pitches, the main pitch, and the pitch a whole or half step above it.
Ornament consisting of the rapid alternation between one tone and the next above it. Example: Mouret, "Rondeau" Real Audio: 28k | 56k | About this album The trumpet plays several trills in this example, generally near the end of phrases.
An ornament comprising the rapid alternation of the main melodic note and the note above.
Two adjacent notes rapidly and repeatedly alternated.
A rapid alternation of two adjacent musical tones.
A music effect played by alternating between the main pitch and the pitch a whole or half step above it rapidly.
Where a vibrato is a natural, (hopefully) slight fluctuation in tone perfectly centered around the true pitch, a trill is a vocal effect or decoration, in which the singer fluctuates or "shakes" the voice between two notes. Trills are common in bel canto, but even Wagner requires one occasionally; Brünnhilde has several trills in her famous Act I Battle Cry in Die Walküre (which is not to say that every Brünnhilde is capable of producing them).
Initial ornament consisting of a continuous rapid alternation of a note with the note above.
A form of vocal ornamentation in which there is a rapid alternation between two notes, usually a step or half-step.
The trill is a musical ornament consisting of a rapid alternation between two adjacent notes of a scale (compare mordent and tremolo). It is sometimes referred to by the German triller or the Italian trillo.
Trill is a 2005 album by Bun B. It is said that Bun released the album to keep the UGK name alive while Pimp C was in prison. It debuted at #6 on the Hot 100 and went Gold.
