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Ornaments
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
● Grace notes
● Acciaccaturas
● Appoggiaturas
In Dorico Elements, the term “ornaments” refers to ornament symbols and trill marks that are
input above notes.
A phrase containing a turn, short trills, and a trill with extension line
RELATED LINKS
Input methods for ornaments, arpeggio signs, glissando lines, and jazz articulations on page 266
Grace notes on page 682
Positions of ornaments on page 742
Changing ornament intervals
You can change the intervals of ornaments, both above and below the notated pitch, to
indicate which pitches are played in the ornament. The intervals of ornaments are indicated
by accidentals.
For some ornaments, you can only change the interval in one direction. For example, you can
only change the interval above short trills and below mordents.
NOTE
These steps do not apply to trills.
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