"The most common accent to add is on the first beat of each bar."
What is an accent and how do I play them? Feels like I should know that prior to what beat I'm supposed to applicate it on.
if you are quoting the lesson you must have studied the lesson I presume ... did you listen to the audioclips?
first clip played in eight notes per bar
ONE 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
ONE 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
ONE 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
ONE 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
second clip played in eight notes per bar
1 2
THREE 4 5
SIX 7 8 1 2
THREE 4 5
SIX 7 8 1 2
THREE 4 5
SIX 7 8 1 2
THREE 4 5
SIX 7 8
if you want it simpler think four bets per bar
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
then accent the first beat
ONE 2 3 4
ONE 2 3 4
ONE 2 3 4
ONE 2 3 4
accent - in layman's terms ... hit your chord or note a bit harder than the others, put a bit more oomph in the accented beat, make it stand out as some kind of musical punctuation mark that adds emphasis
