mordent

Japanese: mordent
mordent

...The names vary from country to country and from composer to composer. The main types of ornaments that are well known today are the "trill" and "mordent," which divide a sound of a certain length into smaller parts and vibrate between adjacent sounds, the "turn," which orbits a sound and decorates it (Figures 2 and 3), the "appoggiatura" and "Schleifer," which emphasize a sound by adding a non-harmonic sound in front of it, and combinations of these (Figures 4 and 5). In this way, ornaments were musical elements that were closely linked to the act of performance and mainly belonged to the stylistic category.

*Some terminology explanations that mention "mordent" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…名称も各国により,また個々の作曲家によって多様である。今日よく知られている装飾音のおもな類型は,ある長さをもった音を細分化して隣接する音との間を振動させる〈トリルtrill〉や〈モルデントmordent〉,音のまわりを旋回して装飾する〈ターンturn〉(図2,3),前に非和声音を付加して音を強調する〈アッポジアトゥーラappoggiatura〉や〈シュライファーSchleifer〉,およびそれらが複合されたもの(図4,5)などである。 このように装飾音は,演奏行為と密接に結びつき,またおもに様式カテゴリーに属する音楽的要素であった。…

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