"grace note" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɹeɪs nəʊt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɡɹeɪs ˌnoʊt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-grace note.wav [US] Forms: grace notes [plural]
Etymology: From grace (“elegant movement; poise or balance; charming, pleasing qualities”) + note. Etymology templates: {{m|en|grace||elegant movement; poise or balance; charming, pleasing qualities}} grace (“elegant movement; poise or balance; charming, pleasing qualities”), {{m|en|note}} note Head templates: {{en-noun}} grace note (plural grace notes)
  1. (music) A musical note, indicated on a score in smaller type with or without a slash through it, played to ornament the melody rather than as part of it. Its note value does not count as part of the total time value of the measure it appears in. Categories (topical): Music Synonyms: grace Hyponyms: afterstroke, forestroke Related terms: acciaccatura, appoggiatura, grupetto, ornament, shake, trill, turn Translations (musical note played to ornament the melody): forşlaq (Azerbaijani), форшлаг (foršlag) (Bulgarian), 雍容筆記 (Chinese Mandarin), 雍容笔记 (yōngróng bǐjì) (Chinese Mandarin), форшла́г (foršlág) (Chuvash), gunst nota (Dutch), voorslag [masculine] (Dutch), eellöök (Estonian), korunuotti (Finnish), helenuotti (Finnish), note d’agrément [feminine] (French), ornement [masculine] (French), Vorschlagsnote [feminine] (German), διάνθισμα (diánthisma) [neuter] (Greek), φιοριτούρα (fioritoúra) [feminine] (Greek), कण (kaṇ) (Hindi), nóta maise [masculine] (Irish), abbellimento [masculine] (Italian), grupetto (Italian), nota di tolleranza [feminine] (Italian), 装飾音 (sōshokuon) (alt: そうしょくおん) (Japanese), 장식음 (jangsigeum) (Korean), sonus tolerantiae [masculine] (Latin), przednutka (Polish), nota de ornamento [feminine] (Portuguese), nota ornamental [feminine] (Portuguese), форшла́г (foršlág) [masculine] (Russian), nota-altaidh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), nota-maise [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), grace (Spanish), nota de la tolerancia (Spanish), форшлаг (foršlah) [masculine] (Ukrainian), nốt láy (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-grace_note-en-noun-GVxbbpqX Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'musical note played to ornament the melody': 84 16
  2. (figuratively) Something that decorates, embellishes, or ornaments; a finishing touch. Tags: figuratively Translations (something that decorates, embellishes, or ornaments — see also decoration, embellishment, ornament, finishing touch): sivujuonne (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-grace_note-en-noun-kIop2PEP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of 'something that decorates, embellishes, or ornaments — see also decoration, embellishment, ornament, finishing touch': 22 78

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          "ref": "2011, Michel Merhej Baklouk, with Nicole LeCorgne, “Unit 1 – Basic Technique Building”, in Classical Riqq Technique, Pacific, Mo.: Bill’s Music Shelf; republished [U.S.A.]: Mel Bay Publications, 2018, part II (Lessons), page 54",
          "text": "There are an infinite number of fingering combinations that can be used to play grace notes, and they are all dependent on both the hand position you are playing in and the combination of notes preceding the grace note(s).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A musical note, indicated on a score in smaller type with or without a slash through it, played to ornament the melody rather than as part of it. Its note value does not count as part of the total time value of the measure it appears in."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "musical",
          "musical#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "note",
          "note#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "indicate",
          "indicate"
        ],
        [
          "score",
          "score#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "type",
          "type#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "slash",
          "slash#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "played",
          "play#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "ornament",
          "ornament#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "melody",
          "melody"
        ],
        [
          "note value",
          "note value"
        ],
        [
          "count",
          "count#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "total",
          "total#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "value",
          "value#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "measure",
          "measure#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) A musical note, indicated on a score in smaller type with or without a slash through it, played to ornament the melody rather than as part of it. Its note value does not count as part of the total time value of the measure it appears in."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "grace"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, Pat Righelato, “Grace Notes: Stepping off the Tin Roof into Blue”, in Understanding Rita Dove (Understanding Contemporary American Literature), Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, page 110",
          "text": "These concerns, often given mythic expression, explore the common human element in diverse experience: the poet [Rita Dove] touches the grace notes of famous and unknown lives, past and present.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Sarah Kovac, “One of These Things is Not Like the Others”, in In Capable Arms: Living a Life Embraced by Grace, Nashville, Tenn.: Abingdon Press, page 38",
          "text": "But what I know now is that even if the feelings do return, I can wait them out, and, indeed, pain that appears to be despairing and murderous may actually contain—if I listen very carefully—a grace note of hope or consolation from God.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something that decorates, embellishes, or ornaments; a finishing touch."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "decorate",
          "decorate"
        ],
        [
          "embellish",
          "embellish"
        ],
        [
          "finishing touch",
          "finishing touch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) Something that decorates, embellishes, or ornaments; a finishing touch."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɹeɪs nəʊt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɹeɪs ˌnoʊt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "word": "forşlaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "foršlag",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "word": "форшлаг"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "word": "雍容筆記"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yōngróng bǐjì",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "word": "雍容笔记"
    },
    {
      "code": "cv",
      "lang": "Chuvash",
      "roman": "foršlág",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "word": "форшла́г"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "word": "gunst nota"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voorslag"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "word": "eellöök"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "word": "korunuotti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "word": "helenuotti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "note d’agrément"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ornement"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorschlagsnote"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diánthisma",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "διάνθισμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fioritoúra",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "φιοριτούρα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kaṇ",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "word": "कण"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nóta maise"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abbellimento"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "word": "grupetto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nota di tolleranza"
    },
    {
      "alt": "そうしょくおん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sōshokuon",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "word": "装飾音"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jangsigeum",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "word": "장식음"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sonus tolerantiae"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "word": "przednutka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nota de ornamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nota ornamental"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "foršlág",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "форшла́г"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nota-altaidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nota-maise"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "word": "grace"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "word": "nota de la tolerancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "foršlah",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "форшлаг"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "musical note played to ornament the melody",
      "word": "nốt láy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something that decorates, embellishes, or ornaments — see also decoration, embellishment, ornament, finishing touch",
      "word": "sivujuonne"
    }
  ],
  "word": "grace note"
}

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