1. A ',' after a letter is an ornament from the note above, only the first note is played by r.h., example (Prelude, measure 2):
________ _________ ______________
___a_,__ __b__a___ ___b_a_b_a____
________ _________ ______________
___d____ = __d______ or ___d__________ ...
________ _________ ______________
________ _________ ______________
a a a
Sometimes you can see both (of the first two above) in different versions of the same piece! So the ornament is not a fast one, but kind of 'inegale'. The same applies to the next ornament.
2. A tie after a letter without a letter to follow is an ornament from the note below, only the first note is played by r.h., example (Allemande, m. 2):
__________ _________
___b tie__ __a__b __
___d______ __d______
__________ = _________
__________ _________
__________ _________
///a ///a
3. A tie between two letters means that only the first is played by r.h.
4. An 'x' after a letter is a faster ornament like (Allemande, m. 1):
________ __________
________ __________
___d_x__ __d_c_d___
________ = __________ etc...
________ __________
________ __________
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