Ornaments

Ornaments are extra notes which decorate the music.

You will learn about some ornaments, such as trill and grace notes, in your Understanding music work.

Trill

A trill is rapidly moving between the written note and the one above.

Trill symbol - a lower case 't' and 'r' with a wavey line to the right located above the lines

Withouttrill

Withtrill

Grace note

Grace note - smaller than other notes and with a score through the stem of the note

A grace note is played really quickly before the main note.

Grace notes on a piano

Grace notes on a violin playing 'Auld Lang Syne'

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