- toriru trill
Used in music contexts, especially for classical piano or flute playing, to refer to a rapid alternation between two adjacent notes.
この曲の最後にトリルがあります。
Kono kyoku no saigo ni toriru ga arimasu.
There is a trill at the end of this piece.
彼女はトリルを完璧に弾いた。
Kanojo wa toriru o kanpeki ni hiita.
She played the trill perfectly.
⚖️ Often confused with 'ビブラート' (vibrato), but a trill is a rapid alternation between two notes, while vibrato is a slight pitch variation on a single note.
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