agogic
adjective
- of or relating to agoge or agogics especially to variations in tempo within a piece or movement
Wiktionary
adj
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.
- 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.”
“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.”
noun
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.
- An accent that accentuates a note by extending it slightly beyond its normal time value.