pralltriller
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prall·tril·ler
(präl'trĭl'ər) 
n.
A trill consisting of alternation between a written note and the note immediately above it. Also called inverted mordent.
n.
A trill consisting of alternation between a written note and the note immediately above it. Also called inverted mordent.
[German : prallen, to rebound (alteration of Middle High German prellen) + Triller, trill (from Italian trillo , from trillare, to trill , probably of imitative origin).]
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Mordent
An ornament, consisting in its normal form of the rapid alternation of the main note with the note a step below. This is also known as a lower mordent; a variant is the inverted or upper mordent, when the main note alternates with the note above. It is known in German as the Schneller (from schnellen, ‘to jerk’), and in French as the pincé, battement or martellement. A double mordent has two (occasionally more) iterations, and is considered suitable in a slower tempo; in
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