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2. Ornament (music) - Wikipedia

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   An upper mordent is a musical flourish that consists of a rapid alternation between a main note and the note above it. It is indicated by a short thick tilde in music notation and can vary in speed and direction according to the tempo and style of the piece.

3. Ornament (art) - Wikipedia

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   Ornament is decoration used to embellish parts of a building or object, with various motifs and materials. Learn about the history of ornament in different cultures and periods, from Ancient Egypt to Modernism, and the concepts of ornamental forms and styles.

4. Slide (musical ornament) - Wikipedia

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   Learn about the slide, a musical ornament that involves moving stepwise between two or three notes. Find out its history, symbols, execution and examples from various treatises and composers.

5. Trill (music) - Wikipedia

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   A trill is a musical ornament of rapid alternation between two notes, usually a semitone or tone apart. Learn how trills are indicated, executed and used in different periods and genres of music, from baroque to modern.

6. Ornament and Crime - Wikipedia

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   Learn about Adolf Loos's influential essay that criticizes ornament in useful objects and promotes modernism in architecture. Find out the history, content, and legacy of his argument and its impact on the Bauhaus movement.

7. Christmas ornament - Wikipedia

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   Learn about the origins and evolution of Christmas ornaments, from glass baubles invented in Germany in the 16th century to modern plastic and metal decorations. Discover how ornaments are made, exported, collected and displayed around the world.

8. Grace note - Wikipedia

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   A grace note is a musical ornament that can be notated with or without a slash through the stem. Learn how grace notes are interpreted in different styles and instruments, such as bagpipe, Indian classical music and Western classical music.

9. Christmas decoration - Wikipedia

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   The glassblower then blows into the end of the tube. The glass expands to fill the mold. The glass takes on the shape of the mold. It is cooled. A silver nitrate solution is swirled about inside the ornament. This gives the ornament a silver glow. The outside of the ornament is painted or decorated with metal trims, paper clippings, etc. [21]