Playing Dizi: ornamentation
Ornaments depart from main note
- Mordent (boyin, "波音")
A very short upper neighbouring note, then return to the main note. - Trill (chanyin, "顫音")
A quick alternation between the main and upper neighbouring notes. - Glissando (liyin, "歷音")
A rapidly executed series of discretely audible notes, going up-or-downwards.
Ornaments depart from decoration note
- Acciaccatura (dieyin, "叠音")
A very short upper neighbouring note, followed by the main note. - Stroke (dayin, "打音")
A very short lower neighbouring note, followed by the main note. - Grace note (yiyin, "倚音")
A notated, subscripted note followed by the main note. A grace note at end calls zhengyin, "贈音". - Glide/ portamento (huayin, "滑音")
A glide from the notated note to the main note.