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It is the way you speak a language in particular style

a mark indicating stress (as ', ? or ›, œ) , vowel quality (as French grave `, acute ´, circumflex ˆ) , pitch, distinction in meaning, or that an ordinarily silent vowel is to be pronounced.

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It means to play the note marked with an accent with a bit more force or volume or emphasis...it's just a way of bringing to the musicians attention that this note is supposed to played so as to stand out to the audience.

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STRESS ON NOTES: music stress placed on specific notes in a piece of music, or the symbol printed above the notes to indicate this stress

STRESS ON SYMBOL: a greater emphasis in pronouncing a syllable within a word or a word within a phrase

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shunga ka ??

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