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Ornaments are markings that indicate multiple notes are played in addition to the notated pitch.
They are used to decorate music, such as in Baroque music, which is highly decorated with trills
and other ornaments.
Over time, specic ways of notating how performers should play notes have developed and
different ornament symbols indicate different patterns of decorative notes. Nonetheless,
ornaments give some freedom to performers to embellish music in their own way.
Dorico Elements offers a range of ornament symbols to allow you to notate different styles of
ornaments.
The term “ornaments” covers a wide range of decorative notes, including:
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Mordents
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Trills
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Turns
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Grace notes
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Acciaccaturas
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Appoggiaturas
In Dorico Elements, the term “ornaments” refers to ornament symbols and trill glyphs that are
input above notes.
Some of the ornaments available in Dorico Elements
RELATED LINKS
Input methods for ornaments, arpeggio signs, glissando lines, and jazz articulations on page 207
Grace notes on page 458
General placement conventions for ornaments
Ornaments, including trills, are placed above the notes to which they apply. They are only placed
below the staff when there are multiple voices on the staff.
Ornaments and trills are positioned outside of slurs by default. Similarly, they are positioned
further from noteheads than articulations.
The center of ornaments should align with the center of the notehead to which they apply.
Trills are aligned differently, as the left side of trill glyphs should align with the left edge of the
notehead to which the trill applies.
Ornaments
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