grace-note

Anaxarchos had a well-trained voice, and must have conned his speech by heart with every grace-note.

The Persian Boy Renault, Mary 1972

Sometimes I strike a quick little grace-note, as if

Love Conquers All Robert Benchley 1917

Then comes a reminiscence of the _Fountain_ theme (the authentic wonder of which is that it is not a theme at all, but merely a single chord introduced by a grace-note; yet the vividness of its effect is indisputable), suggested, _pp_, by horns and harp, at

Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande A Guide to the Opera with Musical Examples from the Score Lawrence Gilman 1908

The other three answered, till even Mowgli could have vowed that the full Pack was in full cry, and then they all broke into the magnificent Morning-song in the Jungle, with every turn, and flourish, and grace-note that a deep-mouthed wolf of the Pack knows.

The Second Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1900

In the second bar a note which the editor had taken for an eighth-note was explained by the Composer as being a grace-note.

The Shadow World Hamlin Garland 1900

"Here, Tommy, Tommy, Tommy!" she called, in her fresh young voice that, at times, broke deliciously in a childish grace-note.

The Firing Line 1899

A melancholy grace-note from the dog, a jolt, and I turned around, appalled.

In Search of the Unknown 1899

And the pleasant little tune was whistled through to its final grace-note as the two men went down the house-passage and crossed the garden.

The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897

There should be a flageolet, whence the _Cigarette_, with cunning touch, should draw melting music under the stars; or perhaps, laying that aside, upraise his voice -- somewhat thinner than of yore, and with here and there a quaver, or call it a natural grace-note -- in rich and solemn psalmody.

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

There should be a flageolet, whence the Cigarette, with cunning touch, should draw melting music under the stars; or perhaps, laying that aside, upraise his voice -- somewhat thinner than of yore, and with here and there a quaver, or call it a natural grace-note -- in rich and solemn psalmody.

An Inland Voyage Robert Louis Stevenson 1872