appoggiatura

American  

[uh-poj-uh-toor-uh, -tyoor-uh, ahp-pawd-jah-too-rah] / əˌpɒdʒ əˈtʊər ə, -ˈtyʊər ə, ɑpˌpɔd dʒɑˈtu rɑ /

noun

Music.

1. a note of embellishment preceding another note and taking a portion of its time.

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appoggiatura British  

/ əˌpɒdʒəˈtʊərə /

noun

1. music an ornament consisting of a nonharmonic note (short or long) preceding a harmonic one either before or on the stress See also acciaccatura

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Etymology

Origin of appoggiatura

First recorded in 1745–55; from Italian: literally, “a propping up,” equivalent to appoggiat(o), past participle of appoggiare “to support” + -ura abstract noun suffix; see ap- ¹, podium, -ate ¹, -ure

Example Sentences

Of these two Semitones, I'll speak more amply in the Chapter of the Appoggiatura, that the one may not be confounded with the other.

From Observations on the Florid Song or Sentiments on the Ancient and Modern Singers by Galliard, John Ernest

An Appoggiatura cannot be made on an unaccented Syllable.

From Observations on the Florid Song or Sentiments on the Ancient and Modern Singers by Galliard, John Ernest

No Appoggiatura can be made at the Beginning of a Piece; there must be a Note preceding, from whence it leads.

From Observations on the Florid Song or Sentiments on the Ancient and Modern Singers by Galliard, John Ernest

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.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

The Word Appoggiatura is derived from Appoggiare to lean on.

From Observations on the Florid Song or Sentiments on the Ancient and Modern Singers by Galliard, John Ernest