ACCIACCATURA Definition & Meaning

acciaccatura

[ uh-chah-kuh-toor-uh; Italian aht-chahk-kah-too-rah ]

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noun

Music.

plural acciaccaturas, acciaccature

a short grace note one half step below, and struck at the same time as, a principal note.

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noun

a small grace note melodically adjacent to a principal note and played simultaneously with or immediately before it
(in modern music) a very short appoggiatura

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of acciaccatura¹

1875–80; < Italian: literally, a pounding, crushing, equivalent to acciacc ( are ) to crush, bruise (based on an echoic root ciacc- ) + -atura ( -ate ¹, -ure )

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of acciaccatura¹

C18: Italian: literally, a crushing sound

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I'm learning the guitar and I wanted to know what acciaccatura* meant.

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In the second half of the first bar, the acciaccatura was never intended by the composer to be actually sung as printed.

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The appoggiatura is always accented, but the acciaccatura never is, the stress always falling on the melody tone.

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