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mordent
[ mawr-dnt ]
noun
- 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
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noun
- music a melodic ornament consisting of the rapid alternation of a note with a note one degree lower than it Also calledlower mordent
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of mordent1
Example Sentences
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.
Mordent, fingers needed to play a, 28. accenting a, in a sonata, 70.
The Fingers Needed to Play a Mordent When executing the mordent, is not the use of three fingers preferable to two?
The selection of the fingers for the execution of a mordent depends always upon the preceding notes or keys which lead up to it.
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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