No__68___Mordent with MP3

[Peter Anderson]

MORDENT


Here you will find detail of how to play various forms of the MORDENT

To find out more about the Mordent, click this link to go directly there in a new window:

http://www.ar-group.org/smforum/index.php?topic=2387.msg8807#msg8807




This is how a Mordent is notated in the score with a short squiggle above the stave



It may sometimes be referred to as an Upper Mordent, and here is how it should be played:



Click here to hear how it should sound:

(Upper) Mordent (MP3)



In contrast a Lower or Inverted Mordent is notated like this, with the same squiggle for the Upper Mordent, but with a vertical line through it;



and is played in this way



Click here to hear how it should sound:

(Lower or Inverted) Mordent (MP3)

Peter

[Peter Anderson]

You may come across a Mordent Trill also called a Prall Trill

You might well have heard of a Schleifer which is German for a Slide and includes a Mordent Trill or a Prall Trill at the end..   

So, this is how a Prall Trill is notated in music



and this is how it should be played



Click here to hear how it should sound:

Prall Trill (MP3)



Peter