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In music, an accent is an emphasis, stress, or stronger attack placed on a particular note or set of notes, or chord, either as a result of its context or specifically indicated by an accent mark. Accents contribute to the articulation and prosody of a performance of a musical phrase.
What is accent in music example?
Commonly in classical music, accents fall on the primary beats of a measure. For example, in 4/4 time the stress is on the first and third beat of the measure. The less emphasized offbeats are on the second and fourth beats of the measure.
When should you accent in music?
In music notation, an accent mark indicates a louder dynamic to apply to a single note, or an articulation mark. The most common is the horizontal accent, the fourth symbol in the diagram above; this is the symbol that most musicians mean when they say accent mark.
