Grade 5 Music Theory, Unit 6, Lesson 6 of 9
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Ornaments written out

Music theory, Terms, signs and instruments, 4 minutes

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Grade 5 asks you to recognise an ornament written out in full and replace it with its sign: a turn circles the note, a mordent goes up or down and back.

Worked example: a turn

The same, as a sign: a turn on G
  1. The main note is G: the figure circles it and ends on it.
  2. It goes above, main, below, main.
  3. That is a turn: write G with the turn sign.

Quick check

Written out, a turn goes:

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