- short appoggiatura
- noun
: a grace note performed very quickly, played either on the beat or before the beat, and symbolized by a small note with a stroke through the stem — see appoggiatura illustration
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short appoggiatura
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appoggiatura — /euh poj euh toor euh, tyoor euh/; It. /ahp pawd jah tooh rddah/, n. Music. a note of embellishment preceding another note and taking a portion of its time. [1745 55; < It: a propping, equiv. to appoggiat(o), ptp. of appoggiare to support (see AP … Universalium
appoggiatura — n. Music, short note placed before a longer one. ♦ short appoggiatura, acciaccatura … Dictionary of difficult words
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 that; a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
appoggiatura — /əpɒdʒəˈtjurə/ (say uhpojuh tyoohruh) noun Music a note of embellishment (short or long) preceding another note and taking a portion of its time. {Italian, from appoggiare, properly, lean} …
Ornament (music) — An extreme example of ornamentation as a fioritura from Chopin s Nocturne in D flat major. In music, ornaments or embellishments are musical flourishes that are not necessary to carry the overall line of the melody (or harmony), but serve instead … Wikipedia
ap|pog|gia|tu|ra — «uh POJ uh TUR uh, TYUR », noun. Music. a grace note resolving to an essential note of melody or harmony. An appoggiatura may be either played lightly and very quickly (short appoggiatura) or accented and given its full time value (long… … Useful english dictionary
Acciaccatura — Ac*ciac ca*tu ra, n. [It., from acciaccare to crush.] (Mus.) A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short appoggiatura. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
acciaccatura — noun /əˌtʃækəˈtʊərə/ A short grace note (theoretically taking no time at all), occurring on the beat occupied by the main note to which it is prefixed, one scale step higher or lower than that main note. (Sometimes equivalent, therefore, to a… … Wiktionary
acciaccatura — /ətʃækəˈtjurə/ (say uhchakuh tyoohruh), /əkætʃə / (say uhkachuh ) noun 1. a short appoggiatura. 2. a short grace note a semitone above or below, and struck just before (or sometimes simultaneously with) a principal note. {Italian} …
acciaccatura — n. Music, very short note played before a longer note; short appoggiatura … Dictionary of difficult words
