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An embellishing note usually written in smaller size
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appoggiatura
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A type of musical ornament, falling on the beat, which often creates a suspension and subtracts for itself half the time value of the principal note which follows.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Appoggiatura \Ap*pog`gia*tu"ra\, n. [It., fr. appogiarre to lean, to rest; ap- (L. ad) + poggiare to mount, ascend, poggio hill, fr. L. podium an elevated place.] (Mus.) A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An appoggiatura (; ; German Vorschlag , Vorhalt ; French Port de voix ) is a musical ornament that consists of an added note in a melody that is resolved, delaying the appearance of the principal note. The added note (the unessential note) is typically ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an embellishing note usually written in smaller size [syn: grace note , acciaccatura ] [also: appoggiature (pl)]
Usage examples of appoggiatura.
The appoggiatura is always accented, but the acciaccatura never is, the stress always falling on the melody tone.
The turns of music consist of the appoggiatura which is the principal note, or that on which the turn is made, together with the note above and the semi-tone below, the note above being sounded first, the principal note next and the semi-tone below, last, the three being performed sticatoly, or very quickly.
Three rules for the interpretation of the appoggiatura are commonly cited, viz.
When it is possible to divide the principal tone into halves, then the appoggiatura receives one-half the value of the printed note.
When the principal note is tied to a note of smaller denomination the appoggiatura receives the value of the first of the two notes.
Whether the quarter tones were used habitually, or were glided like appoggiaturas, or passing tones, has been vigorously maintained on both sides by different writers.