grace note
grace note
G g Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [greys noht]
- /greɪs noʊt/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [greys noht]
- /greɪs noʊt/
Definitions of grace note words
- noun grace note a note not essential to the harmony or melody, added as an embellishment, especially an appoggiatura. 1
- noun grace note music: note for embellishment 1
- noun grace note film, story: embellishment 1
- noun grace note a note printed in small type to indicate that it is melodically and harmonically nonessential 0
- noun grace note a note not necessary to the melody, added only for ornamentation: it is usually printed as a small note with a slant line through the stem, just before the note that it embellishes, its short time value subtracted from the preceding or following note, depending on context 0
- noun grace note (music) A musical note written in smaller print, with or without a slash through it, to indicate that its note value does not count as part of the total time value of the measure. 0
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Origin of grace note
First appearance:
before 1815 One of the 39% newest English words
First recorded in 1815-25
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Grace note
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
grace note popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 73% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
grace note usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for grace note
noun grace note
- acciaccatura — a small grace note melodically adjacent to a principal note and played simultaneously with or immediately before it
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