France & Low Countries

ORNAMENTS (Agrémens)
AND OTHER SIGNS

Trill1 Mordent2 Appoggiatura3 Slur4 Vibrato5 Arpeggio6

Carré^^ x
(1671)
’ or
or a b c

' c b a

Corbetta* x (asc.)
(1671) x (desc.)
Corbetta* x
(1674)
’
Grennerin^ x ^
(1680)
De Visée^ x /
(1682/1686)
’ /
/
Derosier^ x , ( (asc.)
(1696)
’ , ’ (desc.) or
'
Campion* x c
(1705)
’
LeCocq^ x /
(Castillion
Ms., ’ or or
(
or ( /
/
Br.
MS.S.5615) +
Corrette*
(1763)
t ∨
Or
+
FRANCE & LOW COUNTRIES: ORNAMENTS, page 2

Alternate ornament designations:

1
tremblement
2
martellement
3
chute (ascending); tirade (descending)
4
same as appoggiatura; coulement
5
miolement; flatement; plainte
6
harpegé; arpège

Sources:

*From James Tyler, The Early Guitar, 1980.

**From the translation by Monica Hall in http://www.lutesoc.co.uk/baroqueguitar.htm

^Taken directly from written explanation.

^^Extrapolated from viewing facsimile of music.

 Italy

ORNAMENTS (Tremoli)
AND OTHER SIGNS

Trill1 Mordent2 Appoggiatura Slur3 Vibrato4 Arpeggio

Foscarini*
(c.1630) .T.
Bartolotti^
(1640) 0 1 0 2 3
(next to
x or (under chord)
number) 3 2 0
1
Corbetta^
(1643) T• 0 2 3

3 2 0

Conserto vago*
(1645) t
Corbetta^
(1648) 0 2 3

3 2 0

Valdambrini^^ 2 2 2 •_
(1646, c.1647) . . . . . . •

Pellegrini* •T•
(1650)
Bartolotti^ x
(c.1655)
’
Granata* T
(1674)
Roncalli^^
(1692) 0 2 3
1
’ 3 2 0
or
ITALY: ORNAMENTS, page 2

Alternate ornament designations:

1
tremolo, trillo
2
mordente
3
strascino
4
accento, acento, trillo, tremolo sforzato

Sources:

*From James Tyler, The Early Guitar, 1980.

^Extrapolated from facsimile of tablature.

^^Extrapolated from the tablature by Michael Macmeeken, ed., 1979

 Spain

ORNAMENTS (Primores, Habilidades)

AND OTHER SIGNS

Trill1 Mordent2 Appoggiatura3 Slur4 Vibrato5 Arpeggio6

Sanz^
(1674) T 2 0 1 3
x
Guerau^
(1694)

Murcia
(1714*,
1732*, ’ or
1 0 2 3

’
C.S.#4**) 3 2 0

Alternate ornament designations:

1
trino; aleado
2
mordente
3
esmorsata
4
extrasino; ligadura
5
temblor
6
harpeado

Sources:

*Extrapolated from tablature by Craig Russell, “Santiago de Murcia . . . .” (diss., 1982), Vol. 2

** Extrapolated from tablature by Craig Russell, Santiago de Murcia’s “Códice Saldívar No. 4”,
vol. 2: facsimile and transcription (Urbana & Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1995).

^Taken directly from composer’s explanation.