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How do you play these two mordents shown

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These two are lower mordents, meaning a quick and single alternation with the note below it, meaning, for the second example, playing A G A quickly, with F remaining unaffected.

For more infos you can refer to the link @BrianTowers gave you, or also this question, which is not exactly the same but could give you some hints.

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  • Thank you, by unaffected, you mean that I hold F throughout the whole A G A process. In the first example, I also hold A throughout the whole process as well
    – Rene
    Commented Aug 22, 2020 at 17:14
  • Yes, of course! the mordent is only concerning the higher voice, the eighth note.
    – Albrecht Hügli
    Commented Aug 22, 2020 at 17:46
  • @rene Albrecht was faster ;)
    – Tom
    Commented Aug 22, 2020 at 18:01
  • Thanks a lot, are mordents also played exactly on the beat. like in the first picture, it would be AC# B C# With A sustained but the AC# must be played on beat 1 then with a quick B C#. So that beat 2 starts with E
    – Rene
    Commented Aug 23, 2020 at 19:36
  • Sorry I meant beat 2 to start on C# not E
    – Rene
    Commented Aug 23, 2020 at 19:49

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