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mordent
or ǰ·岹Գ
[ mawr-dnt ]
noun
Music.
- 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
/ ˈɔːəԳ /
noun
- 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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Word History and Origins
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Word 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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Pg 71 The accent ought to lie upon the first note of the mordent, but you should not make a triplet of it by occupying the whole quarter with its execution.
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Fingers, position of, 6. the other, 16. fourth and fifth, 16. weak, 18. broad-tipped, 20. needed to play a mordent, 28.
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Mordent, fingers needed to play a, 28. accenting a, in a sonata, 70.
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Sonata, accenting a mordent in a, 70. in playing a, 75.
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