The turns of music consist of the appoggiatura which is the principal note, or that on which the turn is made, together with the note above and the semi-tone below, the note above being sounded first, the principal note next and the semi-tone below, last, the three being performed sticatoly, or very quickly. From Wordnik.com. [Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales] Reference
That winning word, appoggiatura, it means a melodic tone. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 3, 2005] Reference
On the word "Virgo," the altos sing a dissonant appoggiatura G-sharp. From Wordnik.com. [It's a Still Life That Runs Deep] Reference
HILL: The word -- there they are -- the word this evening is appoggiatura. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 2, 2005] Reference
It's called an appoggiatura. (though I've seen it written with only one "g") appoggiatura n. From Wordnik.com. [McCain: If I Bring Up Ayers At Debate, It Will Be Obama's Fault] Reference
The winning words in recent competitions have included: pococurante; autochthonous; appoggiatura; ursprache; serrefine; guerdon; Laodicean. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-06-01] Reference
Not only singers should be aware of the difference between a suspension, which has a purely musical role, and an appoggiatura, whose role is emotional and declamatory, stressing the pathos of two-syllable words. From Wordnik.com. [A Mozart Player Gives Himself Advice] Reference
G sharp being a suspension or appoggiatura resolved upwards on to A while the D sharp (more properly E flat) is explained by the melody of the violoncelli, which, instead of moving at once to D, pass through a step of a semitone. From Wordnik.com. [Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama] Reference
The situation is quite the same in regard to the appoggiatura. From Wordnik.com. [How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst]] Reference
Music, very short note played before a longer note; short appoggiatura. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
Three rules for the interpretation of the appoggiatura are commonly cited, viz. From Wordnik.com. [Music Notation and Terminology] Reference
I am extremely chuffed at last to know the difference between appoggiatura and acciaccatura. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 3] Reference
For the turn (gruppetto) and the appoggiatura he recommended the great Italian singers as models. From Wordnik.com. [Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician]
The appoggiatura is always accented, but the acciaccatura never is, the stress always falling on the melody tone. From Wordnik.com. [Music Notation and Terminology] Reference
02:18 pm: lies and little deaths special presentation: "appoggiatura" by jeff vandermeer updated - 5 circumlocutions. From Wordnik.com. [December 2007] Reference
Here the second movement was the high point, with loud and soft sections voiced so carefully, and the crossed-hands appoggiatura sections. From Wordnik.com. [Ionarts] Reference
At any rate I believe the music I like best myself to be sparing of the appoggiatura, to keep pretty close to tonic and dominant and to have. From Wordnik.com. [The Note-Books of Samuel Butler] Reference
(Fig. 51.) (3) When the principal note is tied to a note of smaller denomination the appoggiatura receives the value of the first of the two notes. From Wordnik.com. [Music Notation and Terminology] Reference
(Fig. 50.) (2) When the principal note is dotted (division into halves being therefore not possible), the appoggiatura receives two-thirds of the value. From Wordnik.com. [Music Notation and Terminology] Reference
The following are the embellishments most commonly found: Trill (or shake), mordent, inverted mordent (or prall trill), turn (gruppetto), inverted turn, appoggiatura and acciaccatura. From Wordnik.com. [Music Notation and Terminology] Reference
But the most astonishing feat was the cadenza in the cavatina: the singer, instead of closing on D flat, -- fourth line of staff, -- took an improvising flight, catching in that flight an appoggiatura grace on the note E flat above the lines; and closed with the D flat, a note below on the pause. From Wordnik.com. [Music and Some Highly Musical People] Reference
In this: To play in the proper tempo; give expression to every note, appoggiatura, etc., tastefully and as they are written, so as to create the impression that the player had composed the piece. ". From Wordnik.com. [Mozart The Man and the Artist as Revealed in his own Words]
The organ-blower, who was working his musical air-pump with one hand, and with two fingers and a thumb of the other insinuating a peeping-place through the curtain of the organ-gallery, was struck motionless by the double operation of curiosity and fear; while the organist, intent only on his performance, and spreading all his fingers to strike a swell of magnificent chords, felt his harmonic spirit ready to desert his body on being answered by the ghastly rattle of empty keys, and in the consequent agitato furioso of the internal movements of his feelings, was preparing to restore harmony by the segue subito of an appoggiatura con foco with the corner of a book of anthems on the head of his neglectful assistant, when his hand and his attention together were arrested by the scene below. From Wordnik.com. [Maid Marian] Reference
NGUYEN: All right, appoggiatura. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 4, 2005] Reference
He won the championship with "appoggiatura.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 3, 2005] Reference
(1) When it is possible to divide the principal tone into halves, then the appoggiatura receives one-half the value of the printed note. From Wordnik.com. [Music Notation and Terminology] Reference
The winning word -- appoggiatura. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 2, 2005] Reference
"The winning word that year," he recalled in the e-mail, "was 'appoggiatura,' which I thought had one 'p' since 'apo' means away from," said Firebaugh, who went on to list other applicable words, including "bremsstrahlung," "capercaillie," and "dummkopf.". From Wordnik.com. [www.the-daily-record.com's Homepage Articles] Reference
Link lies and little deaths special presentation: "appoggiatura" by jeff vandermeer updated. From Wordnik.com. [squeak buddha] Reference
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