MORDENT

Mordent

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, they can be chromatically modified by a small flat, sharp or natural accidental. The term comes from the Latin mordeĊ .

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mordent

Noun

  1. An ornament consisting of a single alternation between a given pitch, and the one immediately below it


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