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26.57Level 21 — appoggiatura

An appoggiatura is an accented non-chord note that resolves into a chord tone.

At slow tempo:

this can carry enormous emotion.

Example over Cm:

F strongly accented

then:

F → E♭.

The dissonance matters because it is emphasized.