mordent: Meaning and Definition of

mor•dent

Pronunciation: (môr'dnt), [key]
— n. Music.
  1. a melodic embellishment consisting of a rapid alternation of a principal tone with the tone a half or a whole step below it, called single or short when the auxiliary tone occurs once and double or long when this occurs twice or more.
  2. See
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
Mordecai mordida*
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