Agogic
adj, noun
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An accent that accentuates a note by extending it slightly beyond its normal time value.
Adjective
- 1 Accentuating a note by extending it slightly beyond its normal time value.
"On most early instruments, changes were made only at agogic pauses, caesuras, repeats or between sections."
Example
More examples"On most early instruments, changes were made only at agogic pauses, caesuras, repeats or between sections."
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.