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As you already know, a gracenote is a short chiry movement which can be used for tw purposes - firstly to cut or repeat a note and secondly, to emphaises the transition from one note to another. The first function is described in repeating notes, and teh second uses a simple recipe, which is the same for all gracenotes: 1. Starting note - C in example 1. 2. Lift top index finger (open gracenote). 3. Change note - go to D in example 1 (remember changing notes sometimes requires several extra actions). 4. Put down top index finger (close gracenote). Here is the same thing in X+O
The opening and closing of the gracenote is very quick, a chirpy sound. Example 1
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