What are embellishments?

A. Notes in the music that embellish the melody.
B. Obsolete in contemporary performances.
C. Music created at the same time it was performed.
D. Ornaments not printed in the music that seventeenth- and eighteenth-century performers were expected to add.

Answer: D

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