> On 29 Apr 2022, at 19:06, Kieren MacMillan <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> As far as I know that's not a notation rule, but I agree that it makes more >>> sense to use the trill + wavy line for tied notes. >> I haven't seen "tr" plus chevron on a single untied note > > When it’s a chain of trills — some tied, others single — I find the > consistency [of using the wavy line on *all* trills, and not just the tied > notes] is appreciated by conductors and performers.
In BWV 1067, first movement, there is for the flute a long note with several ties with a trill span ending somewhere in the middle, indicating the length of the trill followed by untrilled part. I do not know if Bach himself write it that way, but I found it useful in Balkan music, where it is common to not have an alteration on the last 16th of say a trilled dotted 8th note. I decided to write that with an 8th having a "tr" tied to a following 16th, otherwise those not accustomed with the style would not know how to play it (and I find it is hard to remember). Trilled notes can be syncopated in Balkan music, and then it may be necessary to use a trill span. Hindemith, "Elementary Training", says that on short notes, a trill can have only one alteration. This occurs in Balkan music, but I decided to write a prall sign as it is more compact.
