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How to pronounce “trill”
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Pronunciation guide for trill
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of trill with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 5 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Physiology of Opera Singers
And then a trill is one of the hardest things.
- Definition summary
- (music) A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it as an ornament; in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.
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How to pronounce trill
The Physiology of Opera Singers
And then a trill is one of the hardest things.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “trill”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (music) A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it as an ornament; in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.
- (phonetics) A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish ⟨rr⟩, /r/.
- A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats.
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
- (transitive) To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill.
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