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Does anyone really know the best way to trill high g to high a flat, my music teacher is a clarinetist/trumpeter...barely knows a thing about the flute...he can barely play hot cross buns half the time...any way so my friend thinks that you just use the a flat key but i've been thinking there has to be a better way to trill...if anyone knows i would love to find out...

If it's the G 4 ledger lines above the staff, you finger High G like normal, and trill with your left index finger:

(x)xx ooo
o

Okay, the X's are keys you have pressed down, and the o's are fingers off the keys. The parentheses mean the key you're trilling. I figured I'd put the picture as a reference in case it may not have made sense.

You CAN press the Ab key; however, you have to overblow the lower octave this way, and it usually sounds pretty nasty. I wouldn't do it this way.

If you need any other trill fingerings, I'm like the trill queen, so let me know, and I'll help you out. Hope I helped!

Loren

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Thanx...i was so lost about that trill...i think i have some others...but honestly really tired...i'll post them soon...i'm playing in my school musical and some of the music is some what...odd at times...but anyway thank you so very much for the trill advice...wait i remembered one...high high F and Eflat...

Wait, WHICH high F? lol, jk. I'm sure you wouldn't be talking about an octave up from 3 1/2 ledger lines. But finger Eb like you normally would and trill your left middle finger. Like so:

x(x)x P xxx P
T

Um, yeah, I changed up my diagram some to add the pinkeys.

P=pinky
T=thumb
The rest is the same.

Hope I helped! Good luck!

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"A great man once told me that love has a funny way of screwing you over. But after years of consideration, I realize, he lied. I'm more in love than I've ever been before, and than I ever will be. Hopefully this time, it'll be real."

Thank you...i find another one....maybe i should just go through all my music for school and make a list...lol...any way the piece specifies Dflat to Eflat 2 1/2 and 3 above the staff...ok yup...i'm going to make a list...anyway thanx a million...

lol, good idea. Finger the D and trill with both trill keys.

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~Francesca Lee Williams~

"A great man once told me that love has a funny way of screwing you over. But after years of consideration, I realize, he lied. I'm more in love than I've ever been before, and than I ever will be. Hopefully this time, it'll be real."

Try playing both hands together fast, not slow..