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Mordént







Transient shake or beat . . . . Word derived from the French verb mordre [to bite] and the mordent is really a fragment bitten out of a trill. . . . . An embellishment formed by two or more notes, preceding the principal note . . . . [Elson, Louis C. Professor of Theory of Music at the New England Conservatory of Music. Elson's Music Dictionary. Boston: Oliver Ditson Co. MCMV.]













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