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appoggiatura
[ uh-poj-uh-toor-uh, -tyoor-uh; Italian ahp-pawd-jah-too-rah ]
noun
- a note of embellishment preceding another note and taking a portion of its time.
appoggiatura
/ əˌpɒdʒəˈtʊərə /
noun
- See acciaccaturamusic 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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Word History and Origins
Origin of appoggiatura1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of appoggiatura1
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Example Sentences
I will not leave them a place for adding the least appoggiatura.
In this case it is not an "appoggiatura," and should be played short.
The acciaccatura (or short appoggiatura) is written like the appoggiatura except that it has a light stroke across its stem.
The appoggiatura is always accented, but the acciaccatura never is, the stress always falling on the melody tone.
The melodic appoggiatura is as frequent in the earlier German as the augmented chord of the fifth in the later Frenchman.
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