agogic

American  

[uh-goj-ik, uh-goh-jik] / əˈgɒdʒ ɪk, əˈgoʊ dʒɪk /

noun

1. Music. stress given to a note through prolonged duration.

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Etymology

Origin of agogic

1890–95; < Greek agōg ( ḗ ) course + -ic (modeled on German agogisch )

Example Sentences

He does not use it at the repetition, but throughout both dynamic and agogic accents are unsparingly used, and the study seems to resound with the sullen booming of a park of artillery.

From Chopin : the Man and His Music by Huneker, James

With Chopin, new dynamic and agogic accents are rather dangerous, at least to the peace of mind of worshippers of the Chopin fetish.

From Chopin : the Man and His Music by Huneker, James

Professor Patterson knows Riemann and his "agogic accent," which, according to that editor of the Chopin Etudes, is a slight expansion in the value of the note; not a dynamic accent.

From Unicorns by Huneker, James