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What is an emphasis or stress placed on a note called?

accent

tempo

tone color

syncopation

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in linguistics any stress on a word or given sound is called an accent. in the music world a bend in pitch or any other deviation from the original note is called an accent as well.
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It is known as an Accent mark
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