noun
- a musical ornament consisting of a rapid alternation between a note and the note above it, beginning with the upper note
Usage: music theory
Examples
- The baroque composer indicated a pralltriller with a specific symbol above the note.
- She practiced the pralltriller slowly before attempting it at tempo.
- The pralltriller adds elegance to the melodic line in this Bach invention.
- Piano students often struggle with the finger coordination required for a clean pralltriller.
- The ornament table showed that the squiggly line represented a pralltriller.
- In period performance practice, the pralltriller should be executed with precise timing.