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Example 7. Biber, Harmonia Artificiosa-Ariosa Partia VII, Gigue, mm. 1–5, Wimmer edition.

he rarely wrote dynamics. Tarling writes that it is best to avoid “elaborate ornamentation” in the opening of a piece and instead, to add ornaments and complexity throughout. 15 Following Tarling’s point of view, and since there is already a great deal of virtuosity and grace

Ornaments and Dynamics

Ornaments were used in the seventeenth century to add grace and expression to music. 14 The only ornaments Biber added himself were trills—mostly cadential—and

Example 8. Biber, Harmonia Artificiosa-Ariosa Partia VII, Aria, mm. 4–10, Wimmer edition.

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