There's a lot of confusion amongst piano teachers about how to teach ornaments. I'm hopeful that this video can help clear up some of that and provide a basis for teaching the four most common ornaments in intermediate and early advanced repertoire: the mordent, trill, turn and appoggiatura.

To view my video specifically about How To Teach the Bach Invention No.1 (including basic ornaments), click here.    • How To Teach Bach Invention No.1 in C...  

This is NOT a musicological treatise, but is simply intended to be a beginner's guide and starting point for further study. Resources mentioned include:
Ornamentation: A Question & Answer Manual: https://amzn.to/3JysGua
Willard Palmer's edition of the Bach Inventions: https://amzn.to/3uUqdpQ
Henle urtext edition of the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach: https://amzn.to/34PI8U3
Maurice Hinson's edition of the Haydn Sonatas: https://amzn.to/3v25Irh
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IMSLP links for pieces used as examples:
Bach Little Prelude in C, BWV 939 https://bit.ly/3tT3pTR
Bach Minuet in G, BWV Anh. 114 https://bit.ly/312YIKI
Haydn Sonata in G Major, Hob.XVI:27 http://bit.ly/312YvXW

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