I would also recommend patterning your ornaments on those found in the John Paton/Alfred Publishing edition of the 26 Italian Art Songs and Arias. When I ask my students to do the ornamenting, I always refer them to this book for a jumping off point. Phyllis
Jeffrey Snider wrote:
> For a beginner at this (which really includes me, too!) I would > recommend finding recordings of people you like and respect and find > out what they do.
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