grace note

grace note
noun
an embellishing note usually written in smaller size
• Syn: ↑appoggiatura, ↑acciaccatura
• Hypernyms: ↑note, ↑musical note, ↑tone

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noun
1. : a musical note constituting or being part of an ornament; especially : appoggiatura, acciaccatura
2. : something resembling or suggesting a grace note in forming a very small decorative unessential part of or addition to some large whole

the literary contributions made by the President's collaborators … merely added grace notes to compositions that were the President's own — New Yorker

the chanted songs … seem to have no real organic connection with the central theme but to be merely arbitrary and distracting grace notes — Wolcott Gibbs

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Music.
a note not essential to the harmony or melody, added as an embellishment, esp. an appoggiatura.
[1815-25]

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grace note noun (music)
A note introduced as an embellishment, not being essential to the harmony or melody
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Main Entry: ↑grace

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grace note UK US noun [countable] [singular grace note plural grace notes] music
an extra musical note added in a piece of music
Thesaurus: notes in the musical scalehyponym

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grace note,
Music. a note or group of notes not essential to the harmony or melody but added for ornament, such as an appoggiatura. Grace notes are printed in smaller type than the regular notes.

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n. Music an extra note added as an embellishment and not essential to the harmony or melody

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ˈgrace note 7 [grace note grace notes] noun (music)
an extra note which is not a necessary part of a tune, but which is played before one of the notes of the tune as decoration

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • grace note — grace ,note noun count an extra musical note added in a piece of music …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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  • grace note — ► NOUN Music ▪ an extra note added as an embellishment and not essential to the harmony or melody …   English terms dictionary

  • Grace note — A grace note is a kind of music notation used to denote several kinds of musical ornaments. When occurring by itself, a single grace note normally indicates the intention of either an appoggiatura or an acciaccatura. When they occur in groups,… …   Wikipedia

  • grace note — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms grace note : singular grace note plural grace notes music an extra musical note added in a piece of music …   English dictionary

  • grace note — noun a) A musical note written in smaller print, with or without a slash through it, to indicate that its note value does not count as part of the total time value of the measure. In planning a banquet, one might consider the decision of the… …   Wiktionary

  • Grace note (disambiguation) — Grace note, grace notes, or other variations may refer to: *Grace note, an element of music notation used for ornaments *Gracenote, a company that deals with digital music * Grace Notes , a 1997 novel by Bernard MacLaverty …   Wikipedia

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