appoggiatura

[ uh-poj-uh-toor-uh, -tyoor-uh; Italian ahp-pawd-jah-too-rah ]

noun

, Music.

1. a note of embellishment preceding another note and taking a portion of its time.

appoggiatura

/ əˌpɒdʒəˈtʊərə /

noun

1. music an ornament consisting of a nonharmonic note (short or long) preceding a harmonic one either before or on the stress See also acciaccatura

Word History and Origins

Origin of appoggiatura¹

First recorded in 1745–55; from Italian: literally, “a propping up,” equivalent to appoggiat(o), past participle of appoggiare “to support” + -ura abstract noun suffix; ap- ¹, podium, -ate ¹, -ure

Word History and Origins

Origin of appoggiatura¹

C18: from Italian, literally: a propping, from appoggiare to prop, support

Example Sentences

I will not leave them a place for adding the least appoggiatura.

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In this case it is not an "appoggiatura," and should be played short.

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The acciaccatura (or short appoggiatura) is written like the appoggiatura except that it has a light stroke across its stem.

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The appoggiatura is always accented, but the acciaccatura never is, the stress always falling on the melody tone.

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The melodic appoggiatura is as frequent in the earlier German as the augmented chord of the fifth in the later Frenchman.

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