Anti-accent Marks
Percussion music in particular makes use as well of anti-accent marks, notated as follows:
- slightly softer than surrounding notes: u (breve)
- significantly softer than surrounding notes: ( ) (note head in parentheses)
- much softer than surrounding notes: (note head in brackets)
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