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Meanings of acciaccatura in English

An embellishing note usually written in smaller size.

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Examples for "appoggiatura"
Examples for "appoggiatura"
1
Three rules for the interpretation of the appoggiatura are commonly cited, viz.
Music Notation and Terminology
2
Klindworth employs a short appoggiatura, Kullak the long, in the second bar.
Chopin : the Man and His Music
3
He uses the transient shake in the third bar, instead of the appoggiatura which Klindworth prefers.
Chopin : the Man and His Music
4
For the turn (gruppetto) and the appoggiatura he recommended the great Italian singers as models.
Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2
5
The dizzy appoggiatura leaps in the last two bars set the seal of perfection upon this unique composition.
Chopin : the Man and His Music
1
A firsthand view of it would be a grace note few have attained.
Blood rites
2
It's a remarkable grace note on which to end.
Radio NZ
3
Every note was a grace note.
The Irish Times
4
Even his dodgy shoulder was hurting, a grace note added to the symphony of agony from his back.
The Long War
5
Then I discovered that there is a trill, a tiny grace note or yodel, at the end of his second note.
Wilderness Ways