appoggiatura (2 synonym found)

Appoggiatura has 2 synonyms. The top synonyms for appoggiatura are grace note, acciaccatura. Browse the full list below.

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What is a synonym for appoggiatura?

A common synonym for appoggiatura is grace note. Other synonyms include acciaccatura.

How many synonyms does appoggiatura have?

Appoggiatura has 2 synonyms listed on Thesaurasize.

What does appoggiatura mean?

°A melodically important musical ornament, sounded on the beat, preceding a main note (which it is one scale-step higher or lower than) and normally subtracting for itself half of the time value o

Definition of appoggiatura:

°A melodically important musical ornament, sounded on the beat, preceding a main note (which it is one scale-step higher or lower than) and normally subtracting for itself half of the time value of that main note; written as a note of smaller size like the acciaccatura, but without the semi-oblique stroke.
"The following Adagietto was like a long, melting appoggiatura composed of smaller dying falls and languid resolutions." — New York Times, March 2, 1992
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Definition of appoggiatura:

°A melodically important musical ornament, sounded on the beat, preceding a main note (which it is one scale-step higher or lower than) and normally subtracting for itself half of the time value of that main note; written as a note of smaller size like the acciaccatura, but without the semi-oblique stroke.
"The following Adagietto was like a long, melting appoggiatura composed of smaller dying falls and languid resolutions." — New York Times, March 2, 1992
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