A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing thetime it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note onedegree above or below the principal note unless it be of the sameharmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in theillustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/18755/appoggiaturaRSS for NodeSat, 18 Jul 2026 07:01:02 GMTWed, 22 Mar 2017 02:45:43 GMT60