appoggiatura

(əˌpɒdʒəˈtʊərə ) nounWord forms: plural -ras or -re (-rɛ ) music. an ornament consisting of a nonharmonic note (short or long) preceding a harmonic one either before or on the stress. See also acciaccatura (sense 2)

appoggiatura, (from Italian appoggiare, “to lean”), in music, an ornamental note of long or short duration that temporarily displaces, and subsequently resolves into, a main note, usually by stepwise motion.

In music theory, an appoggiatura is a two-note sequence where a grace note precedes a principal note. The time value of the principal note can be any duration - for instance a quarter note, an eighth note, or a 16th note - and the grace note value will be far shorter.

An appoggiatura is approached by leap and then steps in the opposite direction. Appoggiaturas are accented – they occur with the second chord. Some theorists use a broader definition: “an accented non-harmony note that resolves by step”.

An appoggiatura in Baroque music often represents a note held over from a previous chord, a dissonance that clouds the chord and then is resolved. Writing each note as equals would imply that they should take the same amount of time.

The appoggiatura is approached by leap and left by step. It is usually accented (on the beat), which makes it a particularly expressive non-chord tone.

ornamentation, in music, the embellishment of a melody, either by adding notes or by modifying rhythms. In European music, ornamentation is added to an already complete composition in order to make it more pleasing.

In the second half of the first bar, the acciaccatura was never intended by the composer to be actually sung as printed.

Appoggiatura chords are used most commonly to decorate and extend the cadence. The reason for giving these chords a special name is because they are capable of being confused with genuine functional chords. In reality, they arise out of voice leading movements just as other surface voice leading patterns do.

In an appoggiatura, the grace note is given emphasis and takes away time from the principal note. In an acciaccatura the grace note doesn't take time away from the principal note, it happens in the time before it, so that the principal note will fall on the beat it was supposed to be on.

Yes, appoggiatura is a grace note, a form of ornamentation. A grace note is a smaller note, usually one note higher or lower, attached to the main note. The other type of grace note is acciaccatura. Grace notes are a type of a handful of different ornaments, such as mordents, turns, and trills.

Embellishing tones are often not part of the prevailing chord. Types of embellishing tones include passing tones, neighbor tones, appoggiaturas, escape tones, pedal tones, suspensions, and anticipations. A type of motion where a chord tone moves by step to another tone, then moves back to the original chord tone.