agogics

[ uh-goj-iks, uh-goh-jiks ]

noun

, (usually used with a singular verb)

1. the theory that accent within a musical phrase can be produced by modifying the duration of certain notes rather than by increasing dynamic stress.

Other Words From

• a·gogic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of agogics¹

First recorded in 1920–25; agogic, -ics

Example Sentences

The opening movements were glib, with strange agogics; at times they did sound like a caricature.

From Washington Post

Weight playing permits nothing to interfere with discriminative phrasing, complicated rhythmical problems, the infinitely subtle variation of time for expressive purposes now classed under the head of agogics, all shades of dynamic gradation; in fact everything that falls in the domain of the artist pianist.

From Project Gutenberg