Don Williams - Wonderful Tonight

GRUPPETTO (ital. Gruppetto, diminutive. From gruppa, lit. - group) - a kind of melism: melodic. a decoration consisting of 4 or 5 sounds and indicated by a sign with. The composition of a 5-sonic G. includes the main (decorated) sound, the upper auxiliary, the main, the lower auxiliary and again the main; 4-sounding G. - the same sounds, except for the first or last. If auxiliary. the sound is an alter. step, then, respectively, above or below G. is placed an alteration sign. In cases where the G. sign is above the note, the figure starts directly from the upper auxiliary and is executed at the expense of the main. sound. If the G. sign is between the notes, then the figure begins with the first sound, which is considered the main (decorated) sound. G., located between notes of the same height, is performed due to the duration of the first sound;the same with sounds of equal pitch and duration. If G. stands between the sounds of the decomp. heights, but the same duration, it is performed due to both sounds. Allowed decom. options are melodic. and rhythm. transcripts of G., corresponding to the peculiarities of the style of muses. works and arts. the plan of the performer. In classical music, crossed G. was also used. His figure began with a lower auxiliary sound.