Idiomatic

the leading tone: In music, an agogic accent is a natural—and, in common practice,...

leadingtone:

In music, an agogic accent is a natural—and, in common practice, usually implied rather than directly marked—emphasis given to a certain note within a phrase because of its placement on a strong beat, its longer duration relative to surrounding notes, and/or the use of a non-harmonic tone in the…

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