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Topic: how do you play these trill bars?  (Read 1764 times)

Offline one_wing3d_ang3l

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how do you play these trill bars?
on: February 13, 2005, 04:21:51 AM
on valse opus 64 no.1 in D flat major on bar 10 there is a (trill ~).
what notes do i play in this bar? is it like this
f,e flat,(e flat,f, e flat,d or d flat  :-X,e flat), d,e flat. the bracket is the trill part~.
i cant figure out what notes to play because this score is written in d flat major. please help ta.

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Re: how do you play these trill bars?
Reply #1 on: February 13, 2005, 09:32:04 AM
it's not a trill - it's just a mordent. play

f - es - (f-es-f-es) - d - es

best luck

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Re: how do you play these trill bars?
Reply #2 on: February 14, 2005, 05:27:44 AM
thanks that works perfectly  ;D. but on bar 12 do i do the same thing? on bar 10 ther is 2 e flats and on bar 12 thers onli one.

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Re: how do you play these trill bars?
Reply #3 on: February 14, 2005, 07:47:18 PM
yes, you are right. since you don't have an es before the mordent, it should be played simply es-f-es. so, the bar is:

f - (es-f-es) - d - es - f - b

best luck
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