MORDENTE

Mor *den "te, n. Etym: [It. ] (Mus. )

mordent

mor dent |ˈmôrdnt ˈmɔrdnt | ▶noun Music a rapid alternation of a note with the note immediately below or above it in the scale (sometimes further distinguished as lower mordent and upper mordent ). The term inverted mordent usually refers to the upper mordent. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: via German from Italian mordente, present participle of mordere ‘to bite. ’

mordent

mordent |ˈmɔːd (ə )nt | ▶noun Music a rapid alternation of a note with the note immediately below or above it in the scale (sometimes further distinguished as lower mordent and upper mordent ). The term inverted mordent usually refers to the upper mordent. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: via German from Italian mordente, present participle of mordere ‘to bite ’.

Mordent

Mor dent Substantiv, maskulin Musik , der |Mord e nt |lateinisch-italienisch ; »Beißer «musikalische Verzierung, die aus einfachem oder mehrfachem Wechsel einer Note mit ihrer unteren Nebennote besteht; Pralltriller

mordente

mordente nombre masculino Mordiente (sustancia fijadora ).