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Editing and Transcribing Trills
A trill is performed as a rapid alternating between two pitches that are a whole step or half step apart.
The trill 
symbol can be displayed with or without the squiggle 
line. The squiggle line has no extra musical meaning. In general, the squiggle 
line
is used when the trill spans over a relatively long duration, or when it spans across a shorter time when
accompanied by several other relatively short notes.
In the Ornament Palette, the buttons for the two types of trills look like this:
and 
.
The following general procedures apply to the editing of trills:
Adding
Ornaments. The Adding Ornaments procedure explains how you can specify the duration of the
trill members, such as 32nd notes or 16th triplets.
Converting
Written-Out Performances to Ornaments.
Reverting
Ornaments to Written-Out Performances.
Viewing
and the Written-Out Performance of Ornaments.
The following procedures, unique to trills, are described in this topic:
Add
or remove the 
line
extension of the 
symbol.
Add an accidental to the trill.
Automatically transcribe trills when importing a MIDI file, or after recording
a performance from your MIDI keyboard.
To add or remove the 
line
extension of the 
symbol:
1. Select the trill symbol in the score.
2.
Click the 
or 
button in the Ornament Palette to change the trill symbol.
-- OR --
Type "tr" or "t~".
A trill can optionally have an accidental. The accidental is displayed between the 
symbol and 
line, or if there is no 
line, then above the 
symbol. The accidental is necessary only if the upper note of the trill does not fall within the key
signature, or if in the same measure there is a previous note that would change the inherited accidental
for the upper note of the trill. The procedure for adding an accidental to a trill is described in this
topic.
To add an accidental for the upper note of a trill:
1. If the trill has not already been added, then add it, as described in Adding Ornaments. You always add an accidental to an ornament after the ornament has been added.
2.
In the Ornament Palette, click the Edit Accidental 
button.
-- OR --
Type "ac" for accidental.
Composer will display the Trill Accidental dialog box:
3. Select the an accidental, or perhaps "no accidental" to remove an already existing accidental.
4. If you want the accidental to apply to the actual performance-- which you usually will want to do-- then leave a checkmark by "Change pitch according to new accidental."
Composer can automatically transcribe trills when it imports a MIDI file or transcribes your performance at the music keyboard.
To automatically transcribe trills in an imported MIDI file:
Before you open the MIDI file, click the Transcription Options button in
the File Open dialog box. Composer will present the Transcriptions Options dialog box. In the
Transcription Options dialog box, turn on the checkmark for Transcribe Ornaments / Trills. For further
details, see Transcribing
MIDI Files to Notation.
To automatically transcribe trills in a performance that you record at your music keyboard:
Before you begin recording, choose the Transcription Options command in
the Setup menu. Composer will present the Transcription Options dialog box. In the Transcription
Options dialog box, turn on the checkmark for Transcribe Ornaments / Trills. For further details, see
Setting
Up Transcription Options for Recording.
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