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inverted mordente
Pralltriller Prall"tril`ler, n.; G. pl. -triller. [G.] (Music) A melodic embellishment consisting of the quick alternation of a principal tone with an auxiliary tone above it, usually the next of the scale; -- called also the inverted mordente.
Mordente
Mordente Mor*den"te, n. [It.] (Mus.) An embellishment resembling a trill.

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- In music, a mordent is an ornament indicating that the note is to be pla**** with a single rapid alternation with the note above or below. Like trills...
- the unadorned word mordent has led to the modern terms upper and lower mordent being used, rather than mordent and inverted mordent. Practice, notation...
- apart, which can be identified with the context of the trill (compare mordent and tremolo). It is sometimes referred to by the German Triller, the Italian...
- mordent Rapid single alternation of a note with the note immediately below or above it in the scale, sometimes further distinguished as lower mordent...
- was typically improvised by singers and instrumentalists (e.g., trills, mordents, etc.) Opera Singspiel Ballad opera Semi-opera Zarzuela Intermezzo Opera...
- Murki is a short taan or inverted mordent in Hindustani classical music, known as pratyahatam in Carnatic music. It is a fast and delicate ornamentation...
- practice of black singers), and making discreet use of appoggiaturas, mordents, and slurs to emphasize the text—were emulated by nearly all later po****r...
- the mordent begins on the auxiliary note, and the alternation between the two notes may be extended. (In other words, in some music, the upper-mordent sign...
- Fermata Fingering Legato Marcato Ornament Appoggiatura Glissando Grace note Mordent Slide Trill Portato Slur Staccato Tenuto Tie Tonguing Sheet music History...
- echoing it, while the right hand plays a two-part phrase that includes a Mordent. Immediately following thereafter is parallel motion in both hands in very...