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Webster 1913 Edition
Acciaccatura
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Ac-ciacˊca-tu′ra
,Noun.
[It., from
acciaccare
to crush.] (Mus.)
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.
Definition 2024
acciaccatura
acciaccatura
English
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Noun
acciaccatura (plural acciaccaturas or acciaccature)
- (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.
Translations
short grace note occurring on the beat occupied by the main note
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Portuguese
Noun
acciaccatura f (plural acciaccaturas)
- (music) acciaccatura (short grace note occurring on the beat occupied by the main note)