Agogic Accents
There are four kinds of agogic accent:
- Longer notated duration of a note, for example, a half note among quarter notes.
- Extended duration of a note within its full time value (without altering the tempo). For example, players of organ and harpsichord (which don't afford the use of dynamic accents) can emphasize one of a sequence of staccato quarter notes by making it less staccato.
- Extended duration of a note with the effect of temporarily slowing down the tempo.
- Delayed onset of a note.
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