Andrew Stiller wrote:
The acciacatura cannot be performed on an instrument that cannot play full chords, so the issue of notation is moot outside that realm.
Really? I think we must be working from different definitions of the ornament.
"A 'crushed' note: an ornament consisting of an accessory note adjacent to (usually a semitone below) the main note, sounded with it and at once released." (The Norton/Grove Concise Encyclopedia of Music)
That minimal definition is often expanded (especially in Scarlatti) beyond just 2 notes to indicate a tone cluster from which the clashing notes are at once released leaving a pure triadic chord. So an instrument that at minimum can play 2 adjacent notes simultaneously is a requirement, and only on a keyboard instrument (as opposed, say, to a bowed instrument, harp, or guitar) is it possible to immediately damp the clash notes.
John
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