Meaning acciaccatura
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acciaccatura(n) an embellishing note usually written in smaller size
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acciaccatura – crushing; i.e., a very fast grace note that is “crushed” against the note that follows and takes up no value in the measure
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acciaccaturaliterally: to crush. A type of “ornament” (usually in 17th and 18th century keyboard music) in which a “dissonant” note is played at the same time as a “consonant” note. See also: “ornament”, “mordent [..]
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acciaccatura<music> A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short appoggiatura. Origin: It, from acciaccare to crush. (01 Mar 1998)
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acciaccatura
(music) A short grace note (theoretically taking no time at all), occurring on the beat occupied by the main note to which it is prefixed, one scale-step higher or lower than that main note. (Someti [..]
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