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Strong accent

Good morning, I came across some notes with the "sforzato" sign in Italian (I think "strong accent" in English), that is, that vertical fork above or below the note: ^. Is it possible to transcribe it with NWC?
Thanks.
Lorenzo

Re: Strong accent

Reply #1 –
Hi Lorenzo,
it sure is.  Simply use the caret <Shift+6> as you did in your question.  It will automatically flip when below the note.

I found it interesting that you call it "sforzato" - I've always understood it to be "marcato"*
I've only ever seen "sfz" and variants (e.g. sffz" etc.) for "sforzato"

* played full note length in classical literature, but short in jazz and often contemporary literature.
I plays 'Bones, crumpets, coronets, floosgals, youfonymums 'n tubies.

Re: Strong accent

Reply #2 –
Thank you.
Searching the manual (all in English  :'( ), I found the answer.
From a "Metodo di teoria musicale" (Music Theory Method) I regularly use, I found the term "sforzato" with the fork above or below the note.
Have a nice day.
Lorenzo