appoggiatura (It., from appoggiare, ‘to lean’; Fr.: appoggiature; Ger.: Vorschlag).
A dissonant note that ‘leans’ on a harmony note, taking part of its time value. Typically the dissonance is a step above or below the main note. Today the term has two applications: generally, it denotes a harmonic resource where a note in one chord is held over as a momentary, discordant part of the combination which follows; more specifically, it is an ... ...
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