appoggiatura

[ uh-poj-uh-too r-uh, -tyoo r-uh; Italian ahp-pawd-jah-too-rah ]

/ əˌpɒdʒ əˈtʊər ə, -ˈtyʊər ə; Italian ɑpˌpɔd dʒɑˈtu rɑ /

noun Music.

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

Nearby words

applique, appliqued, appliqué, apply, appmt., appoggiatura, appoint, appointed, appointee, appointive, appointment

Origin of appoggiatura

1745–55; < Italian: a propping, equivalent to appoggiat(o), past participle of appoggiare to support (see ap-¹, podi(um), -ate¹) + -ura -ure

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Examples from the Web for appoggiatura

The situation is quite the same in regard to the appoggiatura.
How to Sing|Lilli Lehmann
The effect is to suspend the principal note, by taking away the time-value of the appoggiatura prefixed to it.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3|Various
Where not expressly otherwise stated (by appoggiatura) trills usually begin upon the melodic tone (the note which is written).
Piano Playing|Josef Hofmann
I will not leave them a place for adding the least appoggiatura.
The Life of Rossini|Henry Sutherland Edwards

The appoggiatura is always accented, but the acciaccatura never is, the stress always falling on the melody tone.
Music Notation and Terminology|Karl W. Gehrkens

British Dictionary definitions for appoggiatura

appoggiatura

/ (əˌpɒdʒəˈtʊərə) /

noun plural -ras or -re (-rɛ)

music an ornament consisting of a nonharmonic note (short or long) preceding a harmonic one either before or on the stressSee also acciaccatura (def. 2)

Word Origin for appoggiatura

C18: from Italian, literally: a propping, from appoggiare to prop, support

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