Definition of appoggiatura Appoggiatura
ap•pog•gia•tu•ra
We found 5 definitions of appoggiatura from 5 different sources.
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What does appoggiatura mean?
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| appoggiatura - an embellishing note usually written in smaller size | ||
| grace note, acciaccatura | ||
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Wiktionary 
- appoggiatura (Noun)
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.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- appoggiatura (n.)
A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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appoggiatura
ap-pod-ja-tū′ra, n. an Italian musical term, designating a form of embellishment by insertion of notes of passage in a melody. [It. appoggiare, to lean upon. See Appui.]
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🔤- appoggiatura, noun, singular of appoggiaturas.
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