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PROCEDURE
1. Select the trills whose start position you want to change.
2. In the Properties panel, activate Start position in the Trills group.
3. Choose one of the following options:
● Notehead
● Accidental
RESULT
The start position of the selected trills is changed. If the property scope was set to Locally, this
change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.
RELATED LINKS
Changing the property scope on page 149
Copying property settings to other layouts/frame chains on page 395
Trills
Trills are fast alternations between two notes, similar to a tremolo, that were a common
decoration in Baroque, Classical, and Romantic music. Trill marks are usually added to a single
note, to indicate the performed notes are the notated pitch and the note either a half-step or
whole step above, and can have extension lines to show the duration of the trill.
A phrase containing multiple trills with extension lines
Because of their legacy as an ornament, many performers interpret trills differently to tremolos:
some players add more emphasis to the notated pitch in a trill and less on the trilled-to note but
play both notes equally in tremolos.
The most common trills are to notes a major or minor second above, but it is also possible to
specify other trill intervals.
In Dorico Elements, you can specify any trill interval, change their appearance on notation staves,
and hear them in playback.
On tablature, the trilled-to pitch always appears as a parenthesized fret number.
Trills on a notation staff and tablature
Ornaments
Trills
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Dorico Elements 3.5.12