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appoggiatura
ap·pog·gia·tu·ra [ ə pòjjə trə ] (plural ap·pog·gia·tu·ras or ap·pog·gia·tu·re [ ə pòjjə t ray ])


noun 
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ornamental musical note: in music, an ornamental dissonant note resolving, usually downward by a step, into a principal note
[Mid-18th century. < Italian, "something supported by another"]
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