0 When birds trill, they sing a series of quickly repeated high notes. --
[ + speech ] "I'll be right down!" trilled Daphne.
1 (the effect achieved by) the fast playing of a note and the note above or below it, one after the other --
2 a series of quickly repeated high notes sung by a bird: --
3 a sound that is made by very small, quick movements of one of the organs used in speech --
4 a series of quickly repeated high notes such as those sung by a bird --
The first opening slowly transforms a chord before turning to trills.
The call is a distinctive "twit", from which derives its name, and the song contains fast trills and twitters.
The theme heavily makes use of arpeggiated chords and trills.
Their song is not considered as musical as those of many others thrushes and consists of a series of squeaky notes followed by short trills.
Musical elements visible on the graphs include the ghost xun framing the live xun trill with impossible sliding trills.
There are then trills for one bar and another quaver, quaver rest, quaver, quaver rest pattern with a straight crotchet accompaniment for 4 bars.
The song is a jumble of chirps, whistles, warbles and trills, with the same deep pitch as the call.
The superb starling has a long and loud song consisting of trills and chatters.
