Ornaments in de Visee's pieces

Updated 16.3.1995, Arto Wikla

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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