grace note
noun
1
: a musical note added as an ornament
especially
: appoggiatura
2
: a small addition or embellishment
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An anecdote from Shostakovich’s last years adds a grace note to the tortuous history of the Fifth.
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
To bring up another Turkish auteur with an affinity towards longer and slower rhythms, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, for instance, knows how to infuse every small moment with arresting grace notes.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
Yet the episode still has time for quieter, subtler scenes, serving as welcome grace notes.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 28 July 2024
Gray patches sewn to the knees and elbows of the spacesuits both add visual grace notes and protect against cuts and punctures during the inevitable tumbles astronauts make while bunny-hopping across the lunar surface.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
To bring up another Turkish auteur with an affinity towards longer and slower rhythms, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, for instance, knows how to infuse every small moment with arresting grace notes.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
Yet the episode still has time for quieter, subtler scenes, serving as welcome grace notes.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 28 July 2024
Gray patches sewn to the knees and elbows of the spacesuits both add visual grace notes and protect against cuts and punctures during the inevitable tumbles astronauts make while bunny-hopping across the lunar surface.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Grace note.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grace%20note. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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