agogic
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- adjective In music, pertaining to or emphasizing slight variations in rhythm for the sake of dynamic expression.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- noun An accent that accentuates a note by extending it slightly beyond its normal time value.
Examples
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With Chopin, new dynamic and agogic accents are rather dangerous, at least to the peace of mind of worshippers of the Chopin fetish.
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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.
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Schumann's ritardandi and agogic accents -- he employs twelve hemiolas or metric shifts in No. 5 -- makes her performance a keeper, especially given the lucidity of her piano tone, courtesy of engineer Ludger Boeckenhoff, and the SACD's clarity.
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The sheer volume of Schuricht's temperament -- the agogic tugs and stretches -- makes this Beethoven a force with which to reckon.
Note
The word 'agogic' is formed from an ancient Greek root meaning 'tempo'.
