Re: grace notes and duration
Reply #11 –
G'day manning,
Depends if the grace note is an appoggiatura or an acciaccatura...
The appoggiatura "steals" time from the following note - this is what the standard NWC grace note basically is though the NWC one is always the same length where in reality it steals a specific amount of time from the note it preceeds.
The acciaccatura or "crushed note" is often considered to steal time from the preceeding note, but this is not actually correct AFAIK. All my references say that this form is played simultaneously with the note it is attached to but immediately released, hence the "crushed" appelation. This is the one that has the slash scross the stem.