Hypertext Webster Gateway: "acciaccatura"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Acciaccatura \Ac*ciac`ca*tu"ra\, n. [It., from acciaccare to
crush.] (Mus.)
A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it
is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as
equivalent to the short appoggiatura.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
acciaccatura
n : an embellishing note usually written in smaller size [syn: {grace
note}, {appoggiatura}]
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