agogic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Accentuating a note by extending it slightly beyond its normal time value.
noun
An accent that accentuates a note by extending it slightly beyond its normal time value.
Example Sentences
- "On most early instruments, changes were made only at agogic pauses, caesuras, repeats or between sections."
- "6F is the longest-held cadence sonority (it has the most agogic emphasis), and ends very conclusively with the V₇-I-V₇-V-I chord progression."
- "Obviously, extended melodies should end on the strongest and most agogic melodic cadence."
- "Timpanists need to be particularly aware of agogic accents because they often swallow up the smaller notes that precede them."
Etymology
Apparently from German Agoge (“tempo”), from Ancient Greek ἀγωγή (agōgḗ, “carrying, leading, reduplicated formation; tempo”), + -ic, after German agogisch. By surface analysis, agoge + -ic.