Trills - GNU LilyPond
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#### 6.5.5 Trills

Short trills are printed like normal articulation; see Articulations.

Long running trills are made with `\startTrillSpan` and `\stopTrillSpan`,

>          \new Voice {
>            << { c1 \startTrillSpan }
>               { s2. \grace { d16[\stopTrillSpan e] } } >>
>            c4 }

Trills that should be executed on an explicitly specified pitch can be typeset with the command `pitchedTrill`,

    \pitchedTrill c4\startTrillSpan fis
    f\stopTrillSpan

The first argument is the main note. The pitch of the second is printed as a stemless note head in parentheses.

##### Predefined commands

`\startTrillSpan`, `\stopTrillSpan`.

##### See also

Program reference: TrillSpanner.

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