ALL meanings of appoggiatura
ap·pog·gia·tu·ra
A a - noun appoggiatura an ornament consisting of a nonharmonic note (short or long) preceding a harmonic one either before or on the stress 3
- noun appoggiatura a rhythmically strong dissonant grace note used melodically and resolving to a principal harmonic tone, usually by a single scale step 3
- noun appoggiatura A grace note performed before a note of the melody and falling on the beat. 1
- noun appoggiatura a note of embellishment preceding another note and taking a portion of its time. 1
- noun appoggiatura (music) A type of musical ornament, falling on the beat, which often creates a suspension and subtracts for itself half the time value of the principal note which follows. 0