A Mordent is a wiggly-line placed over a pitch.
MORDENTS
Mordents are just like one cycle of a trill. Mordents start on the pitch and then you rapidly perform the note above it and immediately return to the original pitch.
Accidentals placed by the mordent, alter the pitch distance of the neighboring note.
How Mordents Are Performed Today
Now, let’s learn about the Inverted Mordent.