French baroque ornamentation

1. What is French ornamentation?
2. What is the ornamentation of baroque music?
3. What is vocal ornamentation?

What is French ornamentation?

1.3 free ornamentation or embellishment which is left to the decision and skill of the performer, and which combines elements of 1.1 and 1.2. ... French ornamentation is a specific system with appropriate signs to indicate the ornaments. It reveals certain preferences, which can be traced back to a keyboard style.

What is the ornamentation of baroque music?

In the Baroque period, composers expected musicians to add ornamentation, including trills, mordents, turns, appoggiaturas, grace notes, passing tones, etc. Use of vibrato was also considered an ornament. In addition to adding ornamentations, performers were expected to improvise, especially on cadences.

What is vocal ornamentation?

'Ornamentation' means to decorate singing. The decorations can be both melodic and rhythmic. They are also known as 'fast phrasings', rapid 'runs of notes', or (in classical music) 'coloratura' or 'melisma'. ... You can achieve an even and equal rapid run of notes by using Ornamentation technique.