a descending appoggiatura
Backfall
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Appoggiatura
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Italian
a note preparatory to another or to a chord acting as an unprepared suspension See appoggiatura in Note Symbols
Reverse motion
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imitation in contrary motion, that is, the ascending intervals are changed to descending intervals and the descending interva…
Anschlag
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German
touch, attack, appoggiatura before a principal note
Descending
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a melodic line steadily falling in pitch
Fall off
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a descending glissando that falls from the end of a note
Forefall
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an ascending appoggiatura
Minor Melodic Scale
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(Descending) See Musical Scales
Plop
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a rapidly descending glissando at the start of a note, normally sounded just prior to the beat