ALL meanings of grace note
grace note
G g - 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
- noun grace note (figuratively) A concern of secondary importance. 0