acciaccatura
[ uh-chah-kuh-too r-uh; Italian aht-chahk-kah-too-rah ]
/ əˌtʃɑ kəˈtʊər ə; Italian ɑtˌtʃɑk kɑˈtu rɑ /
noun, plural ac·ciac·ca·tu·ras, ac·ciac·ca·tu·re [-too r-ey, -too r-ee; Italian -too-re] /-ˈtʊər eɪ, -ˈtʊər i; Italian -ˈtu rɛ/. Music.
a short grace note one half step below, and struck at the same time as, a principal note.
Words nearby acciaccatura
Example sentences from the Web for acciaccatura
In the second half of the first bar, the acciaccatura was never intended by the composer to be actually sung as printed.
Style in Singing |W. E. HaslamThe appoggiatura is always accented, but the acciaccatura never is, the stress always falling on the melody tone.
Music Notation and Terminology |Karl W. GehrkensThe acciaccatura (or short appoggiatura) is written like the appoggiatura except that it has a light stroke across its stem.
Music Notation and Terminology |Karl W. Gehrkens
British Dictionary definitions for acciaccatura
acciaccatura
/ (ɑːˌtʃɑːkɑːˈtʊərə) /
noun plural -ras or -re (-reɪ, -riː)
a small grace note melodically adjacent to a principal note and played simultaneously with or immediately before it
(in modern music) a very short appoggiatura
Word Origin for acciaccatura
C18: Italian: literally, a crushing sound