See also: Ornament

In the Western tonal music, a ornament - also called note of approval , or, ornament - is a symbol, very often composed of figures of notes of lower size, indicating secondary notes whose function is “ to embellish the principal melody line ”.

From the point of view of the harmony, an ornament forms usually one or more Dissonance S momentary with the agreement on which it is placed. The note placed under the sign of the ornament belongs to the agreement, while the notes generated by the ornament are close notes - therefore, foreign with this agreement -, higher or lower, and which, by delaying the emission of the note awaited , put this one, in value.

the majority of the ornaments date from the period baroque - XVII {{E}} and XVIII {{E}} centuries -, period during which they were abundantly used. As from the 19th century, their employment gradually rarefies - small notes becoming quite simply normal figures , which are integrated in the calculation of the values of each measurement - without however disappearing completely.

More still than the signs of intensity, character or phrased, the ornaments, from their very great number, and their dependence with a instrument given, practically escape any exhaustive classification. For each sign, there exist moreover several interpretations which vary with the time, the Compositeur or the style of composition. In fact, the study of a given instrument includes necessarily the study of the decorative signs which are attached to him. Consequently, the significance of the principal ornaments which we will fly over in the articles below must be simply regarded as the most current significance, and thus does not have a absolute value .

* Appoggiatura

* Corrosive Trille
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* Gruppetto

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Simple: Ornamentation (music)

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