Re: [Finale] mordent question

[Phil Daley]

At 01/09/2003 12:02 PM, Andrew Stiller wrote:

>>I looked in my old Rudimemts of Music and found under the heading "The
>>Mordant",
>>
>>(1) "The Mordent, or upper mordent, is an ornament consisting of the
>>written note, the note above, and the written note again."
>>
>>(2) The inverted mordent, is described as the note below, written with
>>the verticle line through the squiggle
>>
>>The order and numbering of this seems to suggest that the upper note is
>>the "norm".
>>
>
>Nick Carter suggested to me privately that English and American usage
>may differ on this. If so, I'm surprised to see the American usage
>hewing closer to the historical basis of things than the English.

Yes, when I read this I thought, that is exactly the opposite of what I was taught.
Phil Daley < AutoDesk >
http://personal.monad.net/~p_daley

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