Accent (music) - Agogic Accents

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.