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Webster 1913 Edition

Acciaccatura

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Ac-ciacˊca-tu′ra

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Noun.
[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.

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