Definitions for acciaccatura

acciaccatura ac·ciac·ca·tu·ra

Spelling: [uh-chah-kuh-too r-uh
IPA: /əˌtʃɑ kəˈtʊər ə; Italian ɑtˌtʃɑk kɑˈtu rɑ/

Acciaccatura is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 25 points.

You can make 161 anagrams from letters in acciaccatura (aaaaccccirtu).

Definitions for acciaccatura

noun

  1. a short grace note one half step below, and struck at the same time as, a principal note.

Origin of acciaccatura

1875-80; Italian: literally, a pounding, crushing, equivalent to acciacc(are) to crush, bruise (based on an echoic root ciacc-) + -atura (see -

Examples for acciaccatura

The acciaccatura (or short appoggiatura) is written like the appoggiatura except that it has a light stroke across its stem.

In the second half of the first bar, the acciaccatura was never intended by the composer to be actually sung as printed.

The appoggiatura is always accented, but the acciaccatura never is, the stress always falling on the melody tone.

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