Associations to the word «Appoggiatura»

Wiktionary

APPOGGIATURA, noun. (music) A type of musical ornament, falling on the beat, which often creates a suspension and subtracts for itself half the time value of the principal note which follows.

Dictionary definition

APPOGGIATURA, noun. An embellishing note usually written in smaller size.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley