Brainlag Plus Music
Brainlag Plus MusicOrnaments, recognised and written out
The six ornaments a Grade 6 extract may carry, what each sign looks like, and the notes it stands for: mordents, turns and trills, accidentals printed with them, and the two small grace notes.
Notes in shorthand
An ornament is a small sign that stands for a quick pattern of notes round the written note. The composer writes the sign; the player knows which notes it means. Four are signs over the note; two are small notes printed before it:
In a score question you may be asked to name an ornament, or to say which notes it stands for.
The rest of this lesson and its 8 practice questions are in Plus Music.
Screen 1 of 9, free to read.
- 8 exam-style questions, marked as you go, each with a worked solution
- Anything you get wrong is saved to your flashcards