Ornament (music)
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In music, ornaments or embellishments are musical flourishes—typically, added notes—that are not essential to carry the overall line of the melody, but serve instead to decorate or "ornament" that lin
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Appoggiatura
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An appoggiatura is a musical ornament that consists of an added non-chord note in a melody that is resolved to the regular note of the chord. By putting the non-chord tone on a strong beat, this accen
Ornament (music)
…performing a simple melodic line was expected to be able to improvise harmonically and stylistically appropriate trills, mordents (upper or lower) and appoggiaturas. Ornamentation may also be indicated by the composer. A number of standard ornaments (described below) are indicated with standard symbols in music…
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