Accent

Accent in music symbol

Accent in music symbol
  1. What is the accent symbol in music?
  2. What is a symbol of accent?
  3. What is the opposite of an accent in music?

What is the accent symbol in music?

The most common symbol is the horizontal wedge, the first symbol in the diagram above. This is the symbol that most musicians mean when they say accent mark. It indicates that the marked note should have an emphasized beginning and then taper off rather quickly. Though it is usually simply referred to as an accent.

What is a symbol of accent?

The most common accents are the acute (é), grave (è), circumflex (â, î or ô), tilde (ñ), umlaut and dieresis (ü or ï – the same symbol is used for two different purposes), and cedilla (ç). Accent marks (also referred to as diacritics or diacriticals) usually appear above a character.

What is the opposite of an accent in music?

It seems that generally the opposite of an accent (anti-accent or reverse accent if you prefer) is a shallow u shape or bottom half of a circle, with also parenthesis for notes quieter than that.

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