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A vertical wedge asking for a strongly marked note.
Also known as: Housetop accent, Strong accent
Marcato is a vertical wedge above a note asking for a harder attack than an accent. Its horizontal counterpart is the ordinary accent, and the two are constantly interchanged even though marcato is the stronger instruction.
Instructs a strongly marked, heavily attacked note, drawn as a vertical wedge above the notehead.
Contexts: Music
Is stronger than the ordinary accent, which is the same wedge lying on its side, and the two are frequently confused.
Contexts: Music
A wedge of two strokes meeting at a point above the note, opening downwards like a roof.
One wedge stands up, the other lies down, and they ask for different attacks.