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<h5 class="unnumberedsubsubsec">Trills</h5>
<p><a name="index-trills-1085"></a><a name="index-g_t_005ctrill-1086"></a><a name="index-g_t_005ctrill-1087"></a>
<a name="index-trill-1088"></a><a name="index-trill-1089"></a>
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<a name="index-startTrillSpan-1092"></a><a name="index-startTrillSpan-1093"></a>
<a name="index-g_t_005cstopTrillSpan-1094"></a><a name="index-g_t_005cstopTrillSpan-1095"></a>
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<p>Short <var>trills</var> without an extender line are printed with
<code>\trill</code>; see <a href="Articulations-and-ornamentations.html#Articulations-and-ornamentations">Articulations and ornamentations</a>.
<p>Longer trills with an extender line are made with
<code>\startTrillSpan</code> and <code>\stopTrillSpan</code>:
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<pre class="verbatim">
d1~\startTrillSpan
d1
c2\stopTrillSpan r2
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<p>In the following example, a trill is combined with grace notes.
The syntax of this construct and the method to precisely position
the grace notes are described in <a href="Grace-notes.html#Grace-notes">Grace notes</a>.
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<pre class="verbatim">
c1 \afterGrace
d1\startTrillSpan { c32[ d]\stopTrillSpan }
e2 r2
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<p><a name="index-pitched-trills-1098"></a><a name="index-trills_002c-pitched-1099"></a><a name="index-g_t_005cpitchedTrill-1100"></a><a name="index-g_t_005cpitchedTrill-1101"></a>
<a name="index-pitchedTrill-1102"></a><a name="index-pitchedTrill-1103"></a>
<p>Trills that require an auxiliary note with an explicit pitch can
be typeset with the <code>\pitchedTrill</code> command. The first
argument is the main note, and the second is the <em>trilled</em>
note, printed as a stemless note head in parentheses.
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\pitchedTrill e2\startTrillSpan fis
d\stopTrillSpan
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<p><a name="index-pitched-trill-with-forced-accidental-1104"></a><a name="index-trill_002c-pitched-with-forced-accidental-1105"></a><a name="index-accidental_002c-forced-for-pitched-trill-1106"></a>
In the following example, the second pitched trill is ambiguous;
the accidental of the trilled note is not printed. As a
workaround, the accidentals of the trilled notes can be forced.
The second measure illustrates this method:
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<pre class="verbatim">
\pitchedTrill eis4\startTrillSpan fis
g\stopTrillSpan
\pitchedTrill eis4\startTrillSpan fis
g\stopTrillSpan
\pitchedTrill eis4\startTrillSpan fis
g\stopTrillSpan
\pitchedTrill eis4\startTrillSpan fis!
g\stopTrillSpan
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<h5 class="subsubheading">Predefined commands</h5>
<p><code>\startTrillSpan</code>,
<code>\stopTrillSpan</code>.
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<h5 class="subsubheading">See also</h5>
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<p>Music Glossary:
<a name="index-trill-1107"></a><a href="../music-glossary/trill.html#trill">trill</a>.
<p>Notation Reference:
<a href="Articulations-and-ornamentations.html#Articulations-and-ornamentations">Articulations and ornamentations</a>,
<a href="Grace-notes.html#Grace-notes">Grace notes</a>.
<p>Snippets:
<a href="../../../input/lsr/lilypond-snippets/Expressive-marks.html#Expressive-marks">Expressive marks</a>.
<p>Internals Reference:
<a name="index-TrillSpanner-1108"></a><a href="../lilypond-internals/TrillSpanner.html#TrillSpanner">TrillSpanner</a>.
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