Trills

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First we'll learn basic trill starting by picking the G note at the 5th fret of the D string with our index finger, then doing a hammer-on up a whole step to A at the 7th fret of the D string, using our ring finger. We'll then "trill" back and forth between these two notes.

To trill on guitar properly you need to know the best technique...

A guitar trill is a rapid alternation between two notes on a single string. The very first note is picked, and subsequent alternations are created through repeated hammer-on and pull-off techniques. Most trills are either a half step or a whole step, though trills as large as a major third can be comfortably executed.

Trills. The best thing you can do to develop your hand strength. Nothing works faster, or is more effective. (or miserable).

How to play a trill on the guitar.

Tips from The Strad’s archive for improving trill speed and clarity, and for varying ornamental style according to musical period.

The trill (or shake, as it was known from the 16th until the 19th century) is a musical ornament consisting of a rapid alternation between two adjacent notes, usually a semitone or tone apart, which can be identified with the context of the trill. (compare mordent and tremolo). It is sometimes referred to by the German Triller, the Italian trillo, the French trille or the Spanish trino. A cadential trill is a trill associated with a cadence.