Crossword-Solution: APPOGGIATURA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Appoggiatura | n. | A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony. |
We have 4 clues for the answer “APPOGGIATURA”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Embellishing musical note [2005] | 1 answer |
| a short note placed before a longer one | 1 answer |
| also known as an ornament | 1 answer |
| GRACE note (mus.) | 2 answers |
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Sentences with APPOGGIATURA (5)
The notes, according to the pitch of Signor Dazio’s piano, were G, A, and B, and when we watched the ringer we saw that he frequently played the B with the G; sometimes he struck the B with the A, no doubt intending it as an _appoggiatura_, and, at a distance, this was the effect produced.
The dizzy appoggiatura leaps in the last two bars set the seal of perfection upon this unique composition.
The leap in the left hand--first variant of the theme, tenth bar from beginning--is preceded by an appoggiatura, E natural.
What, then, was it, supposing I am right at all, that Handel distrusted in the principles of Scarlatti as deduced from those of Bach? I imagine that he distrusted chiefly the abuse of the appoggiatura, the abuse of the unlimited power of modulation which equal temperament placed at the musician’s disposition and departure from well-marked rhythm, beat or measured tread.
Ellipsis--Shades and Inflections--Vocal Music--Respiration--Position of the Tone--Preparation of the Initial Consonant--Exercises-- Appoggiatura--Roulades and Martellato--Pronunciation--E mute before a Consonant--E mute before a Vowel.
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Appears in: NY Sun.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2005).