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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MORDENT

From German, from Italian mordente, from mordere to bite.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MORDENT

mordent  [ˈmɔːdənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MORDENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mordent is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MORDENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mordent

The precise meaning of mordent has changed over the years. In the Baroque period, a mordent was a lower mordent and an upper mordent was a pralltriller or schneller. In the 19th century, however, the name mordent was generally applied to what is now called the upper mordent, and the lower mordent became known as an inverted mordent. In other languages the situation is different: for example in German Pralltriller and Mordent are still the upper and lower mordents respectively. Also note that this ornament in French, and sometimes in German, is spelled mordant. Although mordents are now thought of as just a single alternation between notes, in the Baroque period it appears that a Mordent may sometimes have been executed with more than one alternation between the indicated note and the note below, making it a sort of inverted trill. Also, mordents of all sorts might typically, in some periods, begin with an extra unessential note, rather than with the principal note as shown in the examples here.

Definition of mordent in the English dictionary

The definition of mordent in the dictionary is a melodic ornament consisting of the rapid alternation of a note with a note one degree lower than it Also called: lower mordent.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MORDENT


accordant
əˈkɔːdənt
antecedent
ˌæntɪˈsiːdənt
ardent
ˈɑːdənt
concordant
kənˈkɔːdənt
decedent
dɪˈsiːdənt
disaccordant
ˌdɪsəˈkɔːdənt
discordant
dɪsˈkɔːdənt
fire-retardant
ˌfaɪərɪˈtɑːdənt
flame-retardant
ˈfleɪmrɪˌtɑːdənt
gardant
ˈɡɑːdənt
guardant
ˈɡɑːdənt
mordant
ˈmɔːdənt
needn´t
ˈniːdənt
non-student
ˌnɒnˈstjuːdənt
prudent
ˈpruːdənt
regardant
rɪˈɡɑːdənt
retardant
rɪˈtɑːdənt
student
ˈstjuːdənt
undiscordant
ˌʌndɪsˈkɔːdənt
verdant
ˈvɜːdənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MORDENT

morceaux
morcha
mordacious
mordaciously
mordaciousness
mordacity
mordancy
mordant
mordantly
Mordecai
Mordovia
Mordovian Republic
Mordred
Mordvin
Mordvinian Republic
more
more of
more often than not
more or less
more pertinently

WORDS THAT END LIKE MORDENT

accident
college student
confident
correspondent
decadent
dent
dependent
evident
graduate student
incident
independent
inverted mordent
lower mordent
precedent
president
resident
superintendent
trident
upper mordent
vice president

Synonyms and antonyms of mordent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mordent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MORDENT

Find out the translation of mordent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mordent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mordent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

mordent
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mordent
570 millions of speakers

English

mordent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mordent
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

mordent
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Морденте
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mordent
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mordent
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mordant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Morden
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mordent
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

モルデント
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

꾸밈음
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Morden
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mordent
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mordent
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मॉर्डेन्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mordan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mordente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mordent
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Морденте
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mordent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mordent
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

benedenmordent
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mordent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mordent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mordent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MORDENT»

The term «mordent» is regularly used and occupies the 72.208 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MORDENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mordent» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mordent» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mordent

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MORDENT»

Discover the use of mordent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mordent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Performance Practices in Classic Piano Music: Their ...
Many Italian and south German musicians of the eighteenth century, including Giuseppe Tartini and Leopold Mozart, regarded the three-note turn (the turn over a note) as "another type of mordent."1" Following this tradition, Haydn also ...
Sandra P. Rosenblum, 1988
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Ornamentation in Baroque and Post-baroque Music: With ...
trillo und mordant, as shown in Ex. 38.19, but he adjusted the symbol to his own mordent sign. In so doing, he may have been the first to use the extended chevron with a mordent bar through its last waggle: .w^ . «g. j 5. Bach's Mordent Ex.
Frederick Neumann, 1983
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Playing the Harpsichord
MORDENT. The mordent is indicated by the sign * placed over the note. Certain French composers, Louis (though not Francois) Couperin, Rameau and others, and occasionally Bach, too, used the sign placed after the note. Purcell and his ...
Howard Schott, 2002
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Principles of the Flute, Recorder, and Oboe
The mordent is played by rapidly striking the hole once or twice, stopping it, as close as possible to the note that is to be played. Again, the finger must be raised at the end, except on D, as I shall explain presently. The mordent also involves ...
Jacques Hotteterre, 1983
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Performing Bach's Keyboard Music
The rapidity of the mordent execution depends upon the tempo and character of the composition in which it occurs. Scholars and performers frequently differ as to the execution of Bach mordents. See, for instance, three different executions ...
George A. Kochevitsky, 1996
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Guidelines to Piano Interpretation
Some teachers, in an effort to make things easier for their pupils, decide to determine "once and for all" (regardless of style distinction) where they want to place the accent in a mordent, turn or grace-note figure. However, things are not really ...
Siglind Bruhn, 1989
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Performance Practice: A Dictionary-Guide for Musicians
The Renaissance mordent (15th–16th c.) The mordent was among the earliest known ornaments. It appeared as a three-note pattern in German organ tablatures of the 15th century, but was not always distinguished from its opposite, the short ...
Roland Jackson, 2005
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Keyboard concertos in E-flat major and F minor
M. 62, vn I, note 1 has mordent. M. 65, vns I and II, last note has mordent; va, note 1 has mordent. M. 77, vns I and II, notes 3 and 8 have mordents. M. 79, cembalo RH, note 1 is f in score, an obvious copying error (edition follows partbook); vns ...
Johann Wilhelm Hertel, Romana Hertel, 1988
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Bach -- French Suites
They should generally be played quite rapidly; sometimes even more quickly than these realizations show: 1) 2) 3) may indicate: On long notes, a mordent may sometimes have additional repercussions. It is then called a LONG MORDENT.
Johann Sebastian Bach
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The Music Sound:
The mordent is thought of as a rapid single alternation between an indicated note , the note above (called the upper mordent, inverted mordent, or pralltriller) or below (called the lower mordent or mordent) the indicated note, and the indicated  ...
Nicolae Sfetcu, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MORDENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mordent is used in the context of the following news items.
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Airwheel is Dedicated to Develop High Technology electric scooter …
Airwheel electric unicycle brings new transport way for mordent people. It is not only exquisite and portable, but also fashionable and novel. «Press Release Rocket, Jul 15»
2
Le langage, reflet du drame
Au micro souvent, polluées par des klaxons stridents et des sonneries de téléphone (Andrès Garcia, au son), les répliques fusent, mordent, ... «Le Temps, Jul 15»
3
A practical tip: Using Sibelius 7.5 for Gregorian Chant Organ …
To add a quilisma, highlight the note over which it is to appear, press Z, and choose the Inverted mordent. 6) Formatting barlines. a. Highlight ... «DFW Catholic, Jun 15»
4
Listen Up: An abundance of Brahms
In the tranquillo tune of the second movement, the first viola repeatedly failed to match the articulation of the mordent (a mini-trill) the first violin ... «Santa Fe New Mexican, May 15»
5
Ding ! Dong !
Les acheteurs, par contre, s'en mordent les doigts. À 11h34 jeudi, un communiqué de presse de la firme PTG Capital est paru sur EDGAR, ... «LaPresse.ca, May 15»
6
What will the new Parliament look like?
One obvious change will be the Scottish Affairs Committee, where the chair must surely go to an SNP MP. They may take a mordent pleasure in ... «BBC News, May 15»
7
Cornet et Stosur mordent déjà la poussière à Rome
La numéro un française Alizé Cornet a été éliminée lundi au premier tour du tournoi de Rome par l'Allemande Angelique Kerber, 11e joueuse ... «francetv sport, May 15»
8
Aures Auto lance en Tunisie le Citroën C4 Cactus à partir de 44.650 …
... tenant la cigarette slim de manière hautaine, doublent à droite, mordent les lignes continues, et surtout rouler sur la bande d'arrêt d'urgence ... «Business News, Apr 15»
9
'Outside Mullingar': Spark of intensity lights an Irish fire
There is rural melancholy, cut with mordent wit. The veteran actors on the Northlight stage, Annabel Armour and William J. Norris, could play ... «Chicago Tribune, Mar 15»
10
Honor rolls
... Ryan Martin, Stephen Mordent, Holly O'Brien, Austin Rudock, Gerald Rusek, Luke Schmidt, David Shea, Kyle Streich and Denise Vonada. «Scranton Times-Tribune, Mar 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mordent [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mordent>. May 2024 ».
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