What is a Trill ?

[Angus]

Ahoy there. I have an AC/DC Tablature book. And the first page is 'Legend of Music Symbols', listing the symbols for tricks such as Harmmer-Ons, slides, etc. And I notice one symbol in particular ... a trill. And I surfed the net looking for a definition of this trick. And was unsuccessful. Can you fellas help a brother out?


This is the symbol in the legend ... :eek: ( Tr, and Trill are in line with the 3rd fret marking, it just doesnt line up for some reason)

Tr
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|-----------3--(5)-----------|
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Trill

[cyberfret]

A trill is a rapid continuous hammer-on and pull-off between the 2 notes indicated. How many times you do the hammer-on and pull-off depends on the situation....but at least a few times.

Here is some info on hammer-ons and pull-offs.

http://www.cyberfret.com/techniques/hammer-ons-pull-offs/index.htm

--Shawn

[Sandman_96707]

I like to use trills as a gracenote, I.E. making a quick trill between a quick transition from one note another