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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Appoggiatura \Ap*pog`gia*tu"ra\, n. [It., fr appogiarre to lean, to rest; ap- (L. ad) + poggiare to mount, ascend, poggio hill, fr L. podium an elevated place.] (Mus.) A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: appoggiatura n : an embellishing note usually written in smaller size [syn: {grace note}, {acciaccatura}]
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