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appoggiatura

nounfemininetechnicalrare/ɐ.pu.ʒjɐ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/a·po·gia·tu·ra

Definition

(Music) An ornamental note of long or short duration that is dissonant to the main harmony and resolves by step to a consonant note.

“The appoggiatura added expressive tension to the phrase.”

“He played the appoggiatura with great feeling.”

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