Accent (music)

An accent (borrowed from the Latin accentus ) in musical notation is a performance instruction that dynamically emphasizes or emphasizes the notes (certain melody tones, harmonically important chords) .

Examples of accents

The most common character for an accent is ( marcato - "accented" ), a type of shortened decrescendo fork. The "roof accent" designates a sharper emphasis ( accentuation ): ( martellato - "hammered" ). Both types of accents can also be written out above the notes or on the note head - often abbreviated as marc. or martel . ${\displaystyle >}$ ${\displaystyle \wedge }$

In addition, there are dynamic characters such as ( forzando / forzato = "reinforced") and ( sforzando / sforzato = "very emphasized") and or rinf. ( rinforzato ). However, these are usually only used for a few successive strokes. ${\displaystyle f\!z}$ ${\displaystyle s\!f\!z}$ ${\displaystyle r\!f\!z}$

The fortepiano , the instruction ( fortepiano = "strong and immediately quiet"), belongs to it as a dynamic extension (immediately quiet after a strong, loud sound is generated). ${\displaystyle f\!p}$

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In the Viennese Classic , wedge-like symbols ( ) are also used above or below the notes, such as small accents, but the exact extent and execution of the accentuation required are rather unusual today. Due to historical performance practice, such symbols, which are now rather obsolete, have come back into focus and musical discourse. ${\displaystyle \prime }$

See also

• Dynamics (music)

literature

• Wieland Ziegenrücker: General music theory with questions and tasks for self-control. German Publishing House for Music, Leipzig 1977; Paperback edition: Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, and Musikverlag B. Schott's Sons, Mainz 1979, ISBN 3-442-33003-3 , p. 49 f. and 158.

Web links

Wiktionary: accent  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ^ Friedrich Kluge , Alfred Götze : Etymological dictionary of the German language . 20th edition. Edited by Walther Mitzka . De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1967; Reprint (“21st unchanged edition”) ibid 1975, ISBN 3-11-005709-3 , p. 12.
2. ↑ Wieland Ziegenrücker: General music theory with questions and tasks for self-control. German Publishing House for Music, Leipzig 1977; Paperback edition: Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, and Musikverlag B. Schott's Sons, Mainz 1979, ISBN 3-442-33003-3 , p. 49.
3. ↑ Wieland Ziegenrücker: General music theory with questions and tasks for self-control. German Publishing House for Music, Leipzig 1977; Paperback edition: Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, and Musikverlag B. Schott's Sons, Mainz 1979, ISBN 3-442-33003-3 , p. 49.
4. ↑ Wieland Ziegenrücker: General music theory with questions and tasks for self-control. German Publishing House for Music, Leipzig 1977; Paperback edition: Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, and Musikverlag B. Schott's Sons, Mainz 1979, ISBN 3-442-33003-3 , pp. 49 and 158.