grace note
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grace note
- /ˈɡɹeɪs nəʊt/ UK
- /ˈɡɹeɪs ˌnoʊt/ US
Where it comes from
From grace (“elegant movement; poise or balance; charming, pleasing qualities”) + note.
noun grace notes
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A musical note, indicated on a score in smaller type with or without a slash through it, played to ornament the melody rather than as part of it. Its note value does not count as part of the total time value of the measure it appears in.
There is a manner of gracing the notes or accents in reading, as in singing, but which is always at pleasure. This grace note in music is called appoggiatura, that is, supporter, insinuator. As the quantities of these little notes in music are always taken out of the next note that follows, so it is
Similar: grace
- Something that decorates, embellishes, or ornaments; a finishing touch. These concerns, often given mythic expression, explore the common human element in diverse experience: the poet [Rita Dove] touches the grace notes of famous and unknown lives, past and present.
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noun musical note played to ornament the melody
| Español | grace, nota de la tolerancia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 장식음 jangsigeum |
| 日本語 | 装飾音 sōshokuon |
| 中文 | 雍容筆記 /雍容笔记 yōngróng bǐjì |
| हिन्दी | कण kaṇ |
| Português | nota de ornamento, nota ornamental |
| Français | note d'agrément, ornement |
| Deutsch | Vorschlagsnote |
| Italiano | abbellimento, grupetto, nota di tolleranza |
| Ελληνικά | διάνθισμα diánthisma, φιοριτούρα fioritoúra |
| Русский | форшла́г foršlág |
| Tiếng Việt | nốt láy |
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