acciaccatura
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian acciaccatura, from the verb acciaccare (“to crush”).
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˌt͡ʃɑkəˈtʊɹə/
Audio (US) (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˌt͡ʃækəˈtjʊəɹə/
- Rhymes: -ʊəɹə
- Hyphenation: ac‧ciac‧ca‧tu‧ra
Noun edit
acciaccatura (plural acciaccaturas or acciaccature)
- (music) A short grace note (theoretically taking no time at all), occurring on the beat occupied by the main note to which it is prefixed, one scale-step higher or lower than that main note. (Sometimes equivalent, therefore, to a short appoggiatura, but in Baroque music interpreted differently and more strictly.) Written as a note lighter in appearance, typically a quaver (eighth note), with an oblique stroke through the stem.
Translations edit
short grace note occurring on the beat occupied by the main note
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French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
acciaccatura f (plural acciaccaturas)
Further reading edit
- “acciaccatura”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Italian acciaccatura.
Noun edit
acciaccatura f (plural acciaccaturas)
- (music) acciaccatura (short grace note occurring on the beat occupied by the main note)