Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An embellishing note, usually one step above or below the note it precedes and indicated by a small note or special sign.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In music, a small additional note of embellishment, preceding the note with which it is connected, and taking away from that note a portion of its time.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mus.) 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A type of musical
ornament , falling on the beat, which often creates asuspension and subtracts for itself half the time value of the principal note which follows.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an embellishing note usually written in smaller size
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The appoggiatura was formerly classified into _long appoggiatura_ and _short appoggiatura_, but modern writers seem to consider the term "short appoggiatura" to be synonymous with acciaccatura [12], and to avoid confusion the word _acciaccatura_ will be used in this sense, and defined under its own heading.
Music Notation and Terminology Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928
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Participants identified 20 tear-triggering passages, and when Dr. Sloboda analyzed their properties, a trend emerged: 18 contained a musical device called an "appoggiatura."
Anatomy of a Tear-Jerker Michaeleen Doucleff 2012
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An appoggiatura is a type of ornamental note that clashes with the melody just enough to create a dissonant sound.
Anatomy of a Tear-Jerker Michaeleen Doucleff 2012
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Link lies and little deaths special presentation: "appoggiatura" by jeff vandermeer updated
squeak buddha jlundberg 2007
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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.
Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales Robert L. Taylor
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The winning words in recent competitions have included: pococurante; autochthonous; appoggiatura; ursprache; serrefine; guerdon; Laodicean.
Archive 2010-06-01 Rene Meertens 2010
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The winning words in recent competitions have included: pococurante; autochthonous; appoggiatura; ursprache; serrefine; guerdon; Laodicean.
The American Spelling Bee Rene Meertens 2010
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Lors des championnats les plus récents, les mots qui ont permis aux gagnants de remporter la victoire ont été pococurante, autochthonous, appoggiatura, ursprache, serrefine, guerdon et Laodicean.
Archive 2010-07-01 Rene Meertens 2010
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It's called an appoggiatura. (though I've seen it written with only one "g") appoggiatura n.
McCain: If I Bring Up Ayers At Debate, It Will Be Obama's Fault 2009
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On the word "Virgo," the altos sing a dissonant appoggiatura G-sharp.
A Chant-related Google Alert (Yes!) bls 2009
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