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The precise meaning of mordent has changed over the years. In the Baroque period, a mordent was a lower mordent and an upper mordent was a pralltriller or schneller.In the 19th century, however, the name mordent was generally applied to what is now called the upper mordent, and the lower mordent became known as an inverted mordent.
The upper mordent is indicated by a short thick tilde (which may also indicate a trill); the lower mordent is the same with a short vertical line through it. As with the trill, the exact speed with which a mordent is performed will vary according to the tempo of the piece, but, at a moderate tempo, the above might be executed as follows:
Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...
Consists of a dotted figure used to fill in or expand an interval or connect two longer notes. Generally improvised or written out literally. [3] Appoggiatura in Italian, in French appoggiature and German Vorschlag. Leaping up or down in pitch to an accented dissonant note, followed by a consonant resolution, generally by step downward.
At slower tempos, a written note lasts longer, meaning more notes can be played in the trill applied to it; but at fast tempi and with a short note, a trill may be reduced to nothing more than the indicated note, the note above it, and the indicated note again, in which case it resembles an upper mordent.
With the addition of the octave note above or below the written note; abbreviated as col 8, coll' 8, and c. 8va colla parte literally "with the part". An indication that another (written-out) part should be followed, i.e. accommodate the tempo, expression, phrasing, and possible rubato of the leading part. In vocal music, also expressed by ...
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Actually, I think the statement it possibly true, but needs further citations from eminent scholars. (This is especially true since the link actually states the term "inverted mordent" was never used during Bach's lifetime not that the upper mordent was never used. Note too that it says noting of early or middle Baroque usage.)