Lesson 48: Baroque Ornamentation Practice — Port de Voix, Coulé, Mordent, Turn

Shape rising and falling appoggiaturas within the beat.
Place a mordent or turn without shifting the pulse.

Let the ornament serve the phrase.

Compare ornaments with a plain phrase; keep the beat.

Port de voix — from below

Lean on the note below, then settle within the beat.

Key: C major

Key: F major

Coulé — from above

Lean on the note above, then settle within the beat.

Mordent — dip below

Play main–below–main within the written length.

Turn

Play above–main–below–main; reach the next beat on time.

Play: Telemann, TWV 40:103 — Andante opening

Learn Telemann’s printed notes and trill before trying one extra ornament.

Key: E minor

Key: A minor

Source: Gavioli (2020), p. 29, first duet part, CC BY-SA 3.0. Uniformly down P4; alto restores the edition. Second part, slurs and articulation omitted.

Now play these

Telemann: Duet Sonata TWV 40:103 — complete first part: After Lesson 50: shape the Andante before ornamenting.
Handel: Sonata in C major, HWV 365 (Larghetto): Try a rising appoggiatura at a suitable cadence.
Loeillet of Ghent: Sonata in A minor, Op. 1 No. 1 — complete solo part: Shape the two Adagios before ornamenting.

When your chosen ornaments leave the pulse steady, move on to Lesson 49.