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/əˌpɒ.d͡ʒəˈtʊɹ.ə/ · noun
(music) A type of musical ornament, falling on the beat, which often creates a suspension and subtracts for itself half the time value of the principal note which follows..
The following Adagietto was like a long, melting appoggiatura composed of smaller dying falls and languid resolutions.
Use appoggiatura when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Appoggiatura means (music) A type of musical ornament, falling on the beat, which often creates a suspension and subtracts for itself half the time value of the principal note which follows..
Common synonyms include grace note, acciaccatura.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The following Adagietto was like a long, melting appoggiatura composed of smaller dying falls and languid resolutions.
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