In music, a rapid alternation between a principal note and the note a tone or semitone above it (5) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TRILL In music, a rapid alternation between a principal note and the note a tone or semitone above it (5) (5)
7% MORDENTS Rapid alternations between notes, in music (8)
6% SOL Note above fa (3) Wall Street Journal Jun 23, 2026
6% STONE Notes (anag.); tones (anag.) (5) The Telegraph Plusword Jun 12, 2026
6% MINIM Note in music (5) Puzzler Backwords Apr 30, 2026
5% GALLUP Pollster of note (6) Eugene Sheffer Jun 27, 2026
5% FRET Bar of note? (4) New York Times Jun 26, 2026
5% IOU Debtor's note (3) New York Times Jun 22, 2026
5% SLUR Curved line between two music notes (4) The Atlantic Jun 20, 2026
5% LAS Scale notes (3) Eugene Sheffer Jun 19, 2026
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