embellishment
em-BEL-lish-ment
[English]
An ornamentation; notes, usually of short duration, that are added to the main melody of a composition to decorate or ornament the melody, they may be either written in by the composer or improvised by the performer. Generally, if there is a repeat in a composition, especially in a composition of the Renaissance of Baroque periods (2), the first statement would be performed without ornamentation, but embellishments may be tastefully added to the repetition.
See Also
[English] ornament[English] ornamentation
Share
Tweet
Last Updated: 2016-05-24 13:48:30