OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 11567

grace note

/ˈɡɹeɪs nəʊt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
grace • nota de la tolerancia
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.
Grace notes, as their name shows, though not absolutely essential to melody, are employed as embellishments, and also prevent too great uniformity. There are several kinds; the sma…
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, i…
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