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Acciaccatura
Meaning
Noun
●
In 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
. (Sometimes
equivalent
, therefore, to a
short
appoggiatura
, but in Baroque
music
interpreted
differently
and more
strictly
.) Written as a
note
lighter
in
appearance
,
typically
a
quaver
(
eighth note
), with an
oblique stroke
through the stem.
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Synonyms
Acciacatura
Rhymes
Acciaccatura
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