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They are still used today. Over on this side of the pond we call them grace notes.

Hi Mario,

Good to see you!

That's interesting. Over here, it's a bit different. We distinguish between the two terms 'appoggiatura' (a leaning note) and 'acciaccatura' (a crushed note).

While both are written as grace notes, the single acciaccatura is an eighth note with an angled line through its stem and the appoggiatura is a quarter note. The appoggiatura is a non-harmonic melodic tone and usually takes half the time-value of the note it resolves by step to. The acciaccatura, on the other hand, is played blindingly fast into the note it resolves to. The image below better shows what I'm trying to explain.

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