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1Mordent — This article is about the musical ornament. For the substance used to set dyes, see mordant. In music, a mordent is an ornament indicating that the note is to be played with a single rapid alternation with the note above or below. Like trills,… …
2mordent — /mawr dnt/, n. Music. 1. a melodic embellishment consisting of a rapid alternation of a principal tone with the tone a half or a whole step below it, called single or short when the auxiliary tone occurs once and double or long when this occurs… …
3mordent — mor•dent [[t]ˈmɔr dnt[/t]] n. mad a melodic embellishment consisting of a rapid alternation of a principal tone with the tone a half or a whole step below it, called single or short when the auxiliary tone occurs once and double or long when this …
4mordent — /ˈmɔdnt / (say mawdnt) noun 1. a melodic embellishment consisting of a rapid alternation of a principal note with a supplementary note a semitone below it, called single or short when the supplementary note occurs only once, and double or long… …
5Ornament (music) — An extreme example of ornamentation as a fioritura from Chopin s Nocturne in D flat major. In music, ornaments or embellishments are musical flourishes that are not necessary to carry the overall line of the melody (or harmony), but serve instead …
6List of musical symbols — Modern musical symbols are the marks and symbols that are widely used in musical scores of all styles and instruments today. This is intended to be a comprehensive guide to the various symbols encountered in modern musical notation. Contents 1… …
7Verzierung (Musik) — Es gibt bei Musikkompositionen verschiedenste Verzierungen oder Ornamente (frz.: agréments, Annehmlichkeit), mit denen die Hauptnoten eines Stückes abgewandelt werden. Meist sind sie als spezielle Zeichen notiert. Beim Ausführen der Verzierungen… …
8Trill (music) — Example of a trill, on the note B.  Play with (help …
9Goldberg Variations — The Goldberg Variations , BWV 988, are a set of 30 variations for harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach. First published in 1741 as the fourth in a series Bach called Clavier Übung, keyboard practice , the work is considered to be one of the most… …
10Rhythm — For other uses, see Rhythm (disambiguation). Rhythm, a sequence in time repeated, featured in dance: an early moving picture demonstrates the waltz …
