10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UPPER MORDENT»
Discover the use of
upper mordent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
upper mordent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Performing Bach's Keyboard Music
... (Pieces de Lutb, 1660) employ signs indicating that the inverted mordent (
tremblement) was used. 3 According to Alfred Kreutz, the three-note upper
mordent (called a tremolettd) was used in both short and double forms in 17th-
century Italy.
George A. Kochevitsky, 1996
Mordent 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), and the indicated note
again ...
Without the vertical line, the inserted semitone is above the specified note, and
the ornament is known as an upper mordent. Turn Also known as a gruppetto,
combines an upper mordent and a lower mordent, in that order, into the specified
...
4
Basics of Violin Playing: E-book Edition
... on the same note or on adjacent notes: effect Mordent: The mordent is similar
to a trill but it consists of a single or a few alternations between an indicated note
and the note above (called the upper mordent) or below (called lower mordent).
To lessen confusion, some have proposed the terms upper mordent and lower
mordent. Morendo (I): fading away. Moresca (Moresque, Morisca, Morisque,
Morris dance) : terms, some synonymous, for a group of related dances known in
...
6
Piano Exercises For Dummies
Mordents. A simple and delicate three-note decoration, a mordent evokes the
style of baroque keyboard music. The two types of mordent are upper and lower.
An upper mordent sign above a note tells you to ornament it by playing that note,
...
7
Schumann -- Album for the Young, Op. 68: Book & 2 CDs
THE SCHNELLER ~ This ornament is sometimes called the "upper mordent" or "
inverted mordent." The proper term is SCHNELLER (English, "snap"), and it was
undoubtedly so called by Schumann. or The schneller had its origin in the ...
8
Bach -- 18 Short Preludes
... to eliminate them entirely. One word of caution is in order concerning the
simplification of ornaments. The short trill should never be replaced by a so-
called "upper mordent" ( _JVJ_). l^t?^-J In substituting the "inverted" or "upper"
mordent for ...
9
Bach -- Selections from Anna Magdalena's Notebook
In substituting the "inverted" or "upper" mordent for a trill, one loses almost
completely the dissonant function of the baroque trill, which was similar to that of
the appoggiatura. In Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's ESSAY ON THE TRUE ART OF
...
10
Bach -- Selections from Anna Magdalena's Notebook: Book & CD
The short trill should NEVER be replaced by a so-called "upper mordent." In
substituting the "inverted" or "upper" mordent for a trill, one loses almost
completely the dissonant function of the baroque trill, which was similar to that of
the ...
