Tri’o (It.)

1. A composition for 3 voices or parts, (2) The /nstrumental Trio, usually in sonata-form, is most. commonly either a Pianoforte Tria te., violin, ‘cello), or a String Tria. lin, viola, ‘cello’; or 2 violins and cello). Compositions for 3 concerted instruments, accompanied by a fourth: playing a das so continuo, were formerly also styled trios...An Organ Trios a 3-part organ-piece for 2. manuals and [sony the registration of the manuals ing’ strongly contrasted —(8) The Vocal Trio is usually in song-form or aria-form.—2, In minuets, marches, scherzi, etc,, the trio or alternative isa chromatic alteration of a principal note, EE cable to the execution of the trill is one equally applicable to all other graces; namely, that it must exactly fill out the time allotted to it, neither accelerating nor retarding the rhythm.—A peculiar mode of commencing the trill, called the ridattuta, and still sometimes employed by vocalists, flutists, and violoncellists on account of the smoothne attainable thereby, has the following forms: Tril/lerkette (Ger.) Chain of trills.