trillingsrespons

Trillingsrespons is a term found mainly in Scandinavian scholarly writing to denote the reaction or processing elicited by a trill, either in music or in speech. The exact sense varies by field, and there is no single universal definition in English-language literature. In musicology, trillingsrespons describes how performers respond to a trill ornament—a rapid alternation of adjacent pitches—covering decisions about starting pitch, speed, duration, termination, and the interpretation of a conductor’s cues. In performance practice studies, it may be used to compare different stylistic conventions or historical practices regarding trill execution.

In phonetics and phonology, trillingsrespons can refer to the perceptual and articulatory response to a trill consonant (for example a rolled r), including listener judgments and speaker adaptation. Researchers may examine how acoustic cues, coarticulation with surrounding sounds, and language background modulate the response to a trill.

The term is not widely standardized in international usage; when it appears, authors typically define it explicitly to avoid ambiguity. Etymologically, it is a compound of trill, from the musical or speech ornament, and respons, reflecting the notion of a response. See also trill, alveolar trill, coarticulation, and speech perception in related contexts.