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TABLES
  • Table 1: Basic Signs
  • Table 2: Clefs
  • Table 3: Accidentals, Key
    and Time signatures
  • Table 4: Rythmic Groups
  • Table 5: Chords
  • Table 6: Slurs and Ties
  • Table 7: Tremolos
  • Table 8: Fingering
  • Table 9: Bar lines and repeats
  • Table 10: Nuances
  • Table 11: Ornaments
  • Table 12: Theory
  • Table 13: Modern Notation
  • Table 14: General Organization
  • Table 15: Keyboard Music
  • Table 16: Vocal Music
  • Table 17: String Instruments
  • Table 18: Winds & Percussion
  • Table 19: Accordion
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    Table 11- Ornaments

    6 Trill [IT. trillo; F. cadence, tremblement; G. Triller; Sp. trino]
    "5 Applggiatura [It.] [F. port de voix; G. Vorschlag; Sp. apoyadura]
    5 Short appoggiatura (formerly: grace note)
    4 Turn [It. fioritura; F. double, cadence, double cadence; G. Doppelschlag; Sp. grupito] between notes
    ,4 Turn above or below a note
    4l Inverted turn between notes
    ,4l Inverted turn above or below a note
    , Before an accidental, inflected lower note of ornament
    Ex.
    "6 Short trill, [short shake, pralltriller, inverted, i.e., upper, mordent]
    ;6 Extended short trill, shake or pralltriller
    "6l Mortent [It. mordente; F. mordant (pince, pincement); Sp. mortiente]
    ;6l Extended mordent
    >k Arpeggio up
    ">k Upward arpeggio through two or more staves
    >kk Arpeggio down
    ">kk Downward arpeggio through two or more staves
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