Definitions for acciaccaturas

acciaccaturas ac·ciac·ca·tu·ra

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

Acciaccaturas is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 25 points.

You can make 356 anagrams from letters in acciaccaturas (aaaaccccirstu).

Definitions for acciaccaturas

noun

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

Origin of acciaccaturas

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

Examples for acciaccaturas

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.

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

Word Value for acciaccaturas
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Words with friends

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