Accent (music)

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In music, the accent is a strong emphasis, pressure, or attack placed on a particular record or set of notes, or a chord, either as a result of its context or specifically indicated by an accent mark . Accents contribute to the articulation and prosody of the performance of music phrases. Accents can be written into scores or sections by a composer or added by a player as part of his interpretation of a piece of music. By default, in the Sibelius music notation program, "accents increase the dynamics by 50%."

Compared to the surrounding notes:

• A dynamic accent or stress accent is emphasis on stronger sound or stronger articulation, usually most obvious in attacks sound.
• The tonic accent is an emphasis on notes based on high notes as opposed to higher volume.
• An agogical accent is emphasis based on a longer duration.

Accents that do not match the stress tap of the applicable meter are said to be syncope. For example, at the same time, also called 4/4, the most popular music gauges in popular music, a pressed beat is one and three. If chords or notes are played on two or four taps, it creates syncopation, as the music emphasizes the "weak" tap of the bar. Syncopation is used in Classical music, popular music and traditional music. However, this is more prominent in the blues, jazz, funk, disco and Latin music.

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Agogic

There are four types of agogic accents:

• Longer notation duration records, for example, all notes (four taps in general time) between quarter notes (each gets a tap).
• Extended duration of records in full time value (without changing tempo). For example, organ players and harpsichords (which do not allow the use of dynamic accents) can emphasize one of the sequences of staccato quarter records by making it less staccato (ie, making one longer note to emphasize it).
• Extended duration of records with temporary slow tempo effects (rubato or rallentando).
• Delay of pending notes, for example by pausing before starting a note.

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Alerts

In music notation, the accent mark shows a louder dynamic and a stronger attack to apply to a single note or articulation mark. The most common are horizontal accents, the fourth symbol in the diagram above; this is the most meaningful symbol of musicians when they say the accent mark . The vertical accents, third in the diagram, may be stronger or weaker than the horizontal accents; composers are never consistent in using these signs. In most musical works this type of accent is intended to be played stronger and usually shorter. The remaining marks usually shorten the notes.

1. Staccato, the first symbol shown above, indicates that the last part of the note should be silenced to create a separation between it and the following note. For example, a quarter written note should be played as an eighth note followed by an eighth break. The duration of a staccato record may be about half as long as the record value will show, although the sense of tempo and performer varies slightly. In jazz articulation, expressed as "dit".
2. Staccatissimo, shown second, is usually interpreted shorter than staccato, but the composers until Mozart's time used these symbols in turn. A staccatissimo crotchet (quarter notes) will be played correctly in traditional art music as a light semi-quartic articulated (note sixteenth) followed by a rest that fills the rest of the rhythm.
3. Marcato, the Italian for "well-marked", displayed a third, vertical open wedge, generally accepted as as harsh as the accent mark and as short as staccato. Martellato, Italian for "hammered", is another name for marcato symbols used primarily by string orchestra musicians because it refers to a special bending technique used to make marcato. In jazz articulation, marcato is usually expressed as "daht" but the performing musicians can interpret the duration of different notes depending on what style of jazz they play.
4. The indicated fourth sign, the accent mark, indicates that the marked note must have a start pressed and then taper rather quickly. This mark is properly known by a classically trained musician as a marcato, though it is usually referred to simply as an accent. In jazz articulation, expressed as "dah".
5. The tenuto sign, shown the fifth above, usually means that the tone or chord should be played at full length. In jazz articulation, expressed as "doo".

Even when these symbols do not exist, experienced musicians will introduce movements that match the style of the music. Mark McGrain writes about articulation on page 156 in his book Notation Music: Theory and Techniques for Music Notation . The marcato accent on the third sign shown is also known as the forzato accent. The notation commonly known as accents is also known as sforzando accent. "None of these accents altered the durational value of the record or voiced their presence."

Another way to show accented notes (notes to emphasize or play louder than the surrounding records) is by sforzando , sforzato , forzando or forzato (abbreviated sfz , sf , or fz ) ("force" or "forced").

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Anti-accent mark

Percussion music especially utilizes also anti-accent marks, denoted as follows:

1. slightly softer than the surrounding notes:? (breve)
2. is significantly softer than the surrounding records: () (note the head in parentheses)
3. softer than the surrounding record: [] (note head in parentheses)

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See also

• List of decorations
• Sforzando

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References

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