Definition of appoggiatura in English English dictionary
A melodically important musical ornament, sounded on the beat, preceding a main note (which it is one scale-step higher or lower than) and normally subtracting for itself half of the time value of that main note; written as a note of smaller size like the acciaccatura, but without the semi-oblique stroke
The following Adagietto was like a long, melting appoggiatura composed of smaller dying falls and languid resolutions. — New York Times, March 2, 1992.
A non-harmonic tone of varying length that subsequently resolves to the harmony note This non-harmonic tone is rhythmically strong
A nonharmonic tone, usually a half or whole step above the harmonic tone, which is performed on the beat and then resolved
A dissonance that occurs on a metrically strong position Metrically displaced neighbor, passing or escape tones are all examples of appoggiaturas While the dissonance occurs on a metrically strong position, the resolution of the dissonance occurs on a metrically weak portion of the beat Appoggiaturas can be approached by step or skip Also see Accented Passing Tone
{i} (Music) brief embellishing note performed as fast as possible before a principal note
A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above