appoggiatura

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A melodically important musical ornament, sounded on the beat, preceding a main note (which it is one scale-step higher or lower than) and normally subtracting for itself half of the time value of that main note; written as a note of smaller size like the acciaccatura, but without the semi-oblique stroke

The following Adagietto was like a long, melting appoggiatura composed of smaller dying falls and languid resolutions. — New York Times, March 2, 1992.

A non-harmonic tone of varying length that subsequently resolves to the harmony note This non-harmonic tone is rhythmically strong
A nonharmonic tone, usually a half or whole step above the harmonic tone, which is performed on the beat and then resolved
A dissonance that occurs on a metrically strong position Metrically displaced neighbor, passing or escape tones are all examples of appoggiaturas While the dissonance occurs on a metrically strong position, the resolution of the dissonance occurs on a metrically weak portion of the beat Appoggiaturas can be approached by step or skip Also see Accented Passing Tone
A non-harmonic tone whose
an embellishing note usually written in smaller size
Played with a very light and quick motion, leading immediately to the following note Also called a "grace note"
An ornament
{i} (Music) brief embellishing note performed as fast as possible before a principal note
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
appoggiatura

    Hyphenation

    ap·pog·gia·tu·ra

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () Borrowed from Italian appoggiatura, derived from appoggiare (“to lean”).
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