Associations to the word «Appoggiatura»

Wiktionary

APPOGGIATURA, noun. (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.

Dictionary definition

APPOGGIATURA, noun. An embellishing note usually written in smaller size.

Wise words

More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.
Antoine De Saint-Exupery