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mor·dent
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dnt
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noun
Music
.
1.
a melodic embellishment consisting of a rapid alternation of a principal tone with the tone a half or a whole step below it, called
single
or
short
when the auxiliary tone occurs once and
double
or
long
when this occurs twice or more.
2.
inverted mordent.
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mordant.
Origin:
1800–10;
<
German
<
Italian
mordente
biting <
Latin
mordent-,
stem of
mordēns,
present participle of
mordēre
to bite;
see
-ent
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note having one sixteenth of the time value of a whole note
tone on the fifth degree from another tone
note having one sixteenth of the time value of a whole note
rest equal in time value to a sixteenth note
dissonant chord
rest equal in time value to a quarter note
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mordent
(ˈmɔːd
ə
nt)
—
n
music
Also called:
lower mordent
a melodic ornament consisting of the rapid alternation of a note with a note one degree lower than it
[C19: from German, from Italian
mordente,
from
mordere
to bite]
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