A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Grace Notes

1504603A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — Grace NotesGeorge Grove


GRACE NOTES, or GRACES, the English name for the ornaments in vocal and instrumental music—appoggiaturas, acciaccaturas, mordents, turns, shakes, and many more—which are treated of in this work under the general head of Agrémens, as well as under their own separate names.
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