Appoggiatura
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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.
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