appoggiatura
Americannoun
noun
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
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He tended to gloss over big moments with infuriatingly brisk tempos, and the crunching appoggiatura on the work’s final chord, one of the most eloquent dissonances in all of music history, simply failed to register.
From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2018
The WSJ article describes an appoggiatura as “a type of ornamental note that clashes with the melody just enough to create a dissonant sound.”
From Scientific American • Mar. 1, 2012
So for a short auditory definition of the appoggiatura and a taste of the controversy surrounding its application to Adele, I’ll refer you to this piece from NPR entitled, “Another take on the ‘Appoggiatura.‘”
From Scientific American • Mar. 1, 2012
But this time, tape recorders took in every appoggiatura so that the antique treasures could be preserved in high-quality stereo recordings.
From Time Magazine Archive
The melodic appoggiatura is as frequent in the earlier German as the augmented chord of the fifth in the later Frenchman.
From Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies by Goepp, Philip H.
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