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Ornaments
Ornaments are markings that indicate multiple notes are played in addition to the notated pitch.
They are used to decorate music, such as in Baroque music, which is highly decorated with trills
and other ornaments.
Over time, specic ways of notating how performers should play notes have developed and
different ornament symbols indicate different patterns of decorative notes. Nonetheless,
ornaments give some freedom to performers to embellish music in their own way.
Dorico SE offers a range of ornament symbols to allow you to notate different styles of
ornaments.
The term “ornaments” covers a wide range of decorative notes, including:
Mordents
Trills
Turns
Grace notes
Acciaccaturas
Appoggiaturas
In Dorico SE, the term “ornaments” refers to ornament symbols and trill marks that are input
above notes.
A phrase containing a turn, short trills, and a trill with extension line
RELATED LINKS
Input methods for ornaments, arpeggio signs, glissando lines, guitar bends, and jazz
articulations on page 252
Grace notes on page 597
Positions of ornaments on page 655
Changing ornament intervals
You can change the intervals of ornaments, both above and below the notated pitch, to indicate
which pitches are played in the ornament. The intervals of ornaments are indicated by
accidentals.
For some ornaments, you can only change the interval in one direction. For example, you can
only change the interval above short trills and below mordents.
NOTE
These steps do not apply to trills.
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