Wat,+Lianna+-+Baroque+Ornamentation

The sound of Baroque music is a strong and solid bass that is overlaid with a flourishing melody therefore the emphasis in Baroque music is placed on the moving notes, not on the numerous harmonies. The written form of Baroque music was only used as a reminder for the performers as to what should be played. The written notes were a skeleton of melody and the bass that the composer provided the performers with. The performers were expected to add their own additions of embellishments to suit the music of that time period. This is a relatively simple task since the musicians were immersed in that style of music on a daily basis. This is where ornamentation is used. Usually in original written Baroque music, the composer only writes down the first ornamentation and the performer is expected to repeat that ornamentation each time the motif is repeated. This contradicts modern written music because in today’s scores, each detail is written out and performers are only expected to play what is written on the page. Baroque musicians had a wide range of ornamentations to choose from. The ornamentations ranged from simple trills to more complex appoggiaturas. In today’s ornamentation, performers have a choice of beginning the embellishment on the written note, the note above the written note, or the note below the written note. During the Baroque period, majority of the ornamentations require the performer to begin on the note above the written note. However, there are a few exceptions to this rule such as the ascending appoggiatura. 
 * __Baroque Ornamentation __**
 * __Types of Baroque ornamentation__**



Trill -// Trillo // Initiated on the beat, alternate between the written note and the note above, beginning with the note above media type="file" key="Trill.m4a" width="300" height="50" align="center"

Mordent - //M////ordant// Begin on written note, alternate to diatonic tone below, return to written note media type="file" key="Mordant.m4a" width="300" height="50" align="center"

Trill and Mordent - // Trillo und Mordant // Begin with a trill, end with a mordent media type="file" key="Trillo und mordant.m4a" width="300" height="50" align="center"

Turn - C // adence // Begin with note above written note, return to written note, then to note below written note, end on written note media type="file" key="cadence.m4a" width="300" height="50" align="center"

Ascending Trill - // Doppelt-Cadence // Begins on note below written note, ascend to note above written note, conclude with trill media type="file" key="doppelt cadence.m4a" width="300" height="50" align="center"

Descending Trill - //I////dem// Begin on note above written note, descend to note below written note, conclude with trill media type="file" key="idem.m4a" width="300" height="50" align="center"

Ascending Trill with Mordent - // Doppelt-Cadence und Mordant // Begin with ascending trill, end with mordent media type="file" key="doppelt cadence und mordant.m4a" width="300" height="50" align="center"

Descending Trill with Mordent - //I////dem// Begin with descending trill, end with mordent media type="file" key="descending trill with mordent.m4a" width="300" height="50" align="center"

Ascending Appoggiatura - // Accent Steigend // begins with note below written note, moves to written note, Its value is half the value of the written note media type="file" key="accent steigend.m4a" width="300" height="50" align="center"

Descending Appoggiatura - // Accent Fallend // begin with note above written note, moves to written note, its value is half the value of the written note media type="file" key="accent fallend.m4a" width="300" height="50" align="center"

Appoggiatura and Mordent - // Accent und Mordant // begin with appoggiatura and end with mordent media type="file" key="accent und mordant.m4a" width="300" height="50" align="center"

Appoggiatura and Trill - //Accent und Trillo// begin with appoggiatura, end with trill media type="file" key="accent und trillo.m4a" width="300" height="50" align="center"

Appoggiatura and Trill - //Idem// begin with appoggiatura, end with trill media type="file" key="Appoggiatura and trill - idem.m4a" width="300" height="50" align="center"

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