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mordent

or ³¾´Ç°ù·»å²¹²Ô³Ù

[ mawr-dnt ]

noun

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 twice or more.


mordent

/ ˈ³¾É”Ë»åÉ™²Ô³Ù /

noun

  1. music a melodic ornament consisting of the rapid alternation of a note with a note one degree lower than it Also calledlower mordent
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mordent1

1800–10; < German < Italian mordente biting < Latin mordent-, stem of ³¾´Ç°ù»åŧ²Ô²õ, present participle of ³¾´Ç°ù»åŧ°ù±ð to bite; -ent
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mordent1

C19: from German, from Italian mordente, from mordere to bite
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They may take a mordent pleasure in installing Dr Eilidh Whiteford - who, as a member of the previous committee, was at the centre of a memorable and nasty spat with the previous chair, Labour's Ian Davidson.

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Mordent, fingers needed to play a, 28. accenting a, in a sonata, 70.

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The Fingers Needed to Play a Mordent When executing the mordent, is not the use of three fingers preferable to two?

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The selection of the fingers for the execution of a mordent depends always upon the preceding notes or keys which lead up to it.

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An exchange of fingers in a mordent is seldom of any advantage, for it hampers precision and evenness, since, after all, each finger has its own tone-characteristics.

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