GRACENOTE
Grace note
A grace note is a kind of music notation used to denote several kinds of musical ornaments, usually printed smaller to indicate that it is melodically and harmonically nonessential. When occurring by itself, a single grace note normally indicates the intention of either an appoggiatura or an acciaccatura. When they occur in groups, grace notes can be interpreted to indicate any of several different classes of ornamentation, depending on interpretation.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Grace note
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Gracenote
Gracenote, Inc., formerly called CDDB, is a company that maintains and licenses an Internet-accessible database containing information about the contents of audio compact discs and vinyl records. It provides software and metadata to businesses that enable their customers to manage and search digital media. Gracenote provides its media management technology and global media database of digital entertainment information to the mobile, automobile, portable, home, and PC markets. Several computer software applications that are capable of playing CDs, such as Winamp, Media Go, and iTunes, use Gracenote's CDDB technology. Gracenote’s database was originally created from ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Gracenote
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grace note
Noun
- A musical note written in smaller print, with or without a slash through it, to indicate that its note value does not count as part of the total time value of the measure.
- Concerns of secondary importance to that which is of primary concern.
- In planning a banquet, one might consider the decision of the color of napkins to be used to be a grace note in relation to deciding the courses that would be offered on the menu.
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