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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.