grace note

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   an embellishing note usually written in smaller size

   Synonymsappoggiaturaacciaccatura

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Questions about grace note

What does grace note mean?

grace note means "an embellishing note usually written in smaller size".

What is another word for grace note?

Close synonyms include appoggiatura, acciaccatura. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is grace note a common word?

grace note is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.