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Trills in playback

Dorico Elements plays back trills by using a combination of sampled trills, when available, and

triggering multiple notes.

Dorico Elements can play back sampled half-step (semitone) and whole step (tone) trills

automatically if these playing techniques are dened in the VST expression map, which is the

case for a number of instruments in HALion Symphonic Orchestra. For sound libraries that do

not provide sampled trills, or for intervals beyond a whole step,

Dorico Elements generates trills.

When playing generated trills, Dorico Elements incorporates grace notes immediately before and

after trills. A single unslashed grace note on the initial trill note produces an appoggiatura, while

multiple grace notes on the initial trill note are included in the trill pattern. Grace notes on the

note immediately following a trill are also included in the trill pattern.

A trill with grace notes at both the start and end

Variable speeds within trills are included in playback, and you can change the playback speed of

individual trills. Additionally, you can hide trill speed changes in trill extension lines whilst

retaining the speed changes in playback.

In contemporary performance practice, trills are usually performed starting on the written note,

while in the historical performance practice of the Baroque and Classical eras, trills are usually

performed starting on the upper (trilled-to) note.

You can change the default starting pitch for

trills individually.