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ornament

musical flourishes that are not necessary to carry the overall line of the melody (or harmony), but serve instead to decorate or 'ornament' that line
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ornament

Summary

ornament ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (784 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • ornament is a type of passage[2].
  • ornament is used for decoration[3].
  • ornament's Commons category is recorded as Ornaments (music)[4].
  • ornament's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ornamentation[5].
  • ornament's Commons gallery is recorded as Ornament in music[6].
  • ornament's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[7].
  • ornament's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].
  • ornament's different from is recorded as ornament[9].

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Definition and Type

ornament is a type of passage[2].

Use and Application

ornament is used for decoration[3].

Why It Matters

ornament ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (784 views/month).[1] ornament has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] ornament is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → passage
    Topic's main category → Category:Ornamentation
    Different from → ornament
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|25 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 37736, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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