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The Mordent is one of the embellishments used in music and is expressed by the character ⌁. It is comprised of three notes, a principal note, an auxiliary note the next degree higher in the scale, and directly back to the principal note, making the first two notes very quick, and accenting the last one.^[1]

[1] NOTE:-There seems to be considerable confusion and some contradictions on the part of the various musical authorities concerning the definition of the term “mordent”.

The form used by Czerny, Hummel and other reputable writers is the one preferred and used by the author, and is a figure expressed by the character “⌁”, composed of a group of notes, the auxiliary note being a major or minor second above the principal note.

The Inverted Mordent, expressed ⍭, has the auxiliary note below.



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Treat the two sixteenth notes as grace notes and make a decided accent on the last note (the third note of the group). Do not chirp the attack, (a common fault), nor whistle the middle note too high (also a common fault.)

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The Inverted Mordent has the middle note a major or minor second below the principal note, otherwise it is treated exactly like the common mordent explained above.

Practice the mordents down and up the scale in the different keys. Also practice successions of mordents on different pitches. The following arrangement (the mordent represented by notation and by sign, and with piano chords) may be an aid.

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The chirped mordent “c⌁” (“hew” attack) is often used in bird figures.