Turn / Gruppetto

[FltnPicc_David]

I need help with turns. I have a few of them in the solo, Canzona.

[boglarka]

I don't know which piece you're referring to but here's a general idea on turns:


If you see the symbol for a turn over, let's say an G (and you are in the key of G), the execution would be:

G-A-G-F#-G as a quintuplet.

If you see an inverted grupetto sign (this looks like the letter S on its side), the execution would be:
G-F#-G-A-G

The use and execution of this sign changed from the baroque to the classical eras. Nowadays, the execution for post-Baroque music is as I described.

For more info: http://gc-music.com/Ornament.htm

[FltnPicc_David]

Would the quintuplet have to end as long as the note before it? That's what my band director says but all my books on the Turn say nothing about that.

Ex:

Dotted qtr Note followed by the sign

He says the "run" that you apply for that turn must last as long as the 1 and a half counts as the dotted qtr note.