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An Encyclopedia of the Violin, 1925
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1is not as perfect as the trill in triplets:
3and hence this uninterrupted trill in triplets is the form to study in order to obtain a good trill. The fingers must be strong; if they are weak they must be strengthened. The following exercise is an excellent one if practiced slowly, cutting the second note very short:
5Continue in this manner by tones and half-tones. This exercise will yield astonishing results, and it also has the advantage of notably strengthening the third finger.
7In the following example various trill abbreviations are shown, together with the manner in which they should be played. According to its definition the trill is an ornamented note, in which the ornament lasts throughout the duration of the note value.
9In accordance with the degree of mechanical perfection to which the violinist has attained, and on which all depends, the alternation of the trill notes should become more and more regular as the fingers gain the power and precision demanded. Joachim, to whom I wrote for advice on the question of trill endings, replied that he could not imagine a trill without an ending. The question was one we had discussed as friends in connection with the beginning of the Tenth Sonata by Beethoven, and on which we had been unable to agree. The point at issue was whether the trill at the beginning.
11called for an ending. According to Joachim, the trill did call for a termination; that is, it should be played thus:
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