A trill is kind of ike a lot of little pitch bends played all in a row.
Instead of playing a long note straight, you rapidly alternate beetween theoriginal note and the next scale note up — either a half step or a whole step, depending on what sounds best.
- A trill can be as short as 3 notes (original, up one, original)
- or last as long as the duration of the original note
You can play trills as straight 16th or 32nd notes or play them ‘out of time’ as fast as is appropriate.
Just make sure that when you are done trilling, you end up on the original note of the melody.
Tags: embellish melody, trill