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auxiliary note

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noun

  1. music a nonharmonic note occurring between two harmonic notes

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Position of Auxiliary Note in a Trill In the accompanying example of the trill should the auxiliary note be a tone or a half-tone above the principal note?

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If the half-tone, what would be the name of the auxiliary note?

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As the auxiliary note of a trill is ever the diatonic sequel of a stated note it must, in this case, be a whole tone above B-flat, namely C. Since the piece is written in D major there should have been a "natural" marked under the sign of the trill.

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Trill, position of auxiliary note in a, 72.

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Position, of the body, 4. of the hand, 6. of the fingers, 6, 8. of the wrist, 10. of the thumb, 16. of the turn over a note, 71. of auxiliary note in a trill, 72.

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