Acciaccatura (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural ac·ciac·ca·tu·ras, ac·ciac·ca·tu·re [-toor-ey, -toor-ee; Italian -too-re]. /-ˈtʊər eɪ, -ˈtʊər i; Italian -ˈtu rɛ/. Music.
  1. a short grace note one half step below, and struck at the same time as, a principal note.
noun plural -ras or -re (-reɪ, -riː)
  1. a small grace note melodically adjacent to a principal note and played simultaneously with or immediately before it
  2. (in modern music) a very short appoggiatura
Acciaccatura (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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