appoggiatura
/ə.ˌpɒ.dʒə.ˈtʊɹ.ə/noun
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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.
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.