The letters tr above a note, instructing rapid alternation with its neighbour.
Also known as: Shake, Letters tr above a note
tr above a note means alternate it rapidly with the note above. Whether the trill starts on the written note or the one above depends on the period, and that has been argued over for three centuries.
Instructs rapid alternation between the written note and the note above it in the prevailing key.
Contexts: Music
Does not settle which note the alternation begins on. Baroque practice generally begins on the upper note and later practice on the written one, and editions differ.
The disagreement concerns performance practice by period rather than the meaning of the symbol. Reference works on ornaments record both conventions rather than choosing between them.
Contexts: Music
Is extended by a wavy line where the trill continues, so its written length shows how long to sustain it.
Contexts: Music
The italic letters t and r set above a notehead, often followed by a horizontal wavy line running for the length of the ornament.
Ornaments instructing decoration of a written note.