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17.12Mordent-like decorations

Hold E.

Quickly play:

E-F-E

E-F-E

or:

E-D-E

E-D-E

This kind of short neighbor ornament is useful when a note lasts long enough to decorate.

Again, you already know some of this intuitively from classical music. We're now using it more freely as an improvisational device.