Cool Guitar Lesson

Cool Guitar Lesson

Chris Elmore
This guitar lesson will show you how to perform 'Trills'.

'Trills' sound quite similar to 'hammer ons' or 'pull offs' and are very easy to do on guitar.

They are two notes played really fast over and over again. The trills come from hammering-on and pulling-off over and over again (repetition) on the same two notes.

A 'trill' symbol is usually represented by (tr) in tabs.

What Is A Trill?

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Here's what a 'trill' is...

left handed players

right handed players

E-------------------------- String 1
B-------------------------- String 2
G-----5tr0--7tr0--5tr0--7-- String 3
D-------------------------- String 4
A-------------------------- String 5
E-------------------------- String 6

EXERCISE 1

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Here is a practice trill riff for you to play on your guitar...

E------------------------------ String 1
B------------------------------ String 2
G--9tr10----10tr12-----12tr14-- String 3
D------------------------------ String 4
A------------------------------ String 5
E------------------------------ String 6

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EXERCISE 2

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Here is another practice trill riff for you to practice on your guitar...

E------------------------------ String 1
B------------------------------ String 2
G-7tr9--10tr12--9tr10--12tr14-- String 3
D------------------------------ String 4
A------------------------------ String 5
E------------------------------ String 6