appoggiatura
Meaning
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.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ə.ˌpɒ.d͡ʒə.ˈtʊɹ.ə/
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian appoggiatura, derived from appoggiare (“to lean”).
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