Difference between Acciaccatura and Appoggiatura
What is the difference between Acciaccatura and Appoggiatura?
Acciaccatura as a noun is a short grace note (theoretically taking no time at all), occurring on the beat occupied by the main note to which it is prefixed, one scale-step higher or lower than that main note. (sometimes equivalent, therefore, to a short appoggiatura, but in baroque music interpreted differently and more strictly.) written as a note lighter in appearance, typically a quaver (eighth note), with an oblique stroke through the stem. while Appoggiatura as a noun is a melodically important musical ornament, sounded on the beat, preceding a main note (which it is one scale-step higher or lower than) and normally subtracting for itself half of the time value of that main note; written as a note of smaller size like the acciaccatura, but without the semi-oblique stroke.
Acciaccatura
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A short grace note (theoretically taking no time at all), occurring on the beat occupied by the main note to which it is prefixed, one scale-step higher or lower than that main note. (Sometimes equivalent, therefore, to a short appoggiatura, but in Baroque music interpreted differently and more strictly.) Written as a note lighter in appearance, typically a quaver (eighth note), with an oblique stroke through the stem.
Appoggiatura
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A melodically important musical ornament, sounded on the beat, preceding a main note (which it is one scale-step higher or lower than) and normally subtracting for itself half of the time value of that main note; written as a note of smaller size like the acciaccatura, but without the semi-oblique stroke.
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