acciaccatura (redirected from acciaccaturas)

ac·ciac·ca·tu·ra  (ä-chäk-tr)

n. Music

An ornament note that is one half step or one whole step below a principal note and is sounded at the same time as the principal note, adding dissonance to a harmony.

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[Italian, from acciaccare, to crush.]

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Noun

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acciaccatura - an embellishing note usually written in smaller size appoggiatura, grace note musical note, note, tone - a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long"