grace note
noun Music.
a note not essential to the harmony or melody, added as an embellishment, especially an appoggiatura.
Origin of grace note
First recorded in 1815–25
Words nearby grace note
graben,
gracchi,
gracchus,
grace,
grace cup,
grace note,
grace period,
grace-and-favor,
grace-and-favour,
graceful,
graceless
Example sentences from the Web for grace note
In the second bar a note which the editor had taken for an eighth-note was explained by the Composer as being a grace-note.
The Shadow World |Hamlin Garland
British Dictionary definitions for grace note
grace note
noun
music
a note printed in small type to indicate that it is melodically and harmonically nonessential