appoggiatura

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The turns of music consist of the appoggiatura which is the principal note, or that on which the turn is made, together with the note above and the semi-tone below, the note above being sounded first, the principal note next and the semi-tone below, last, the three being performed sticatoly, or very quickly.

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  1. noun Music An embellishing note, usually one step above or below the note it precedes and indicated by a small note or special sign.

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  • In this: To play in the proper tempo; give expression to every note, appoggiatura, etc., tastefully and as they are written, so as to create the impression that the player had composed the piece Mannheim, January 17, 1778, to his father. —  Mozart: The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in his own Words
  • Here the second movement was the high point, with loud and soft sections voiced so carefully, and the crossed-hands appoggiatura sections —  Ionarts
  • - Music, very short note played before a longer note; short appoggiatura. —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • The turns of music consist of the appoggiatura which is the principal note, or that on which the turn is made, together with the note above and the semi-tone below, the note above being sounded first, the principal note next and the semi-tone below, last, the three being performed sticatoly, or very quickly. —  Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales
  • The appoggiatura (lit. —  Music Notation and Terminology
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  1. Italian, from appoggiato, past participle of appoggiare, to lean on, from Vulgar Latin *appodiāre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin podium, support (from Greek podion, base, from pous, pod-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. Italian, from appoggiare, prop, lean: see appoggiato.
 

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