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On the other hand, angling the pick the other way will make it difficult to impossible to apply tension to the string without pushing through it and getting an early, weak release. The sound of the pick sliding against the string may be as loud or louder than the sound of the ensuing resonant string. Again, this is bad practice for a novice trying to gain pick control, but another weapon in the arsenal of a master. It is like the reverse of an accent. Your audience can hear that you are trying to playing a note, but barely anything musical is voiced. It is like a dying man trying to utter his last words - the incident noise is there, but what is he trying to say? In the extreme it is painful to listen to (just like a ridiculously strong accent). But done tastefully, it can earn you legendary status.
== Accent Notation ==
Accents are commonly notated with a ''>'' symbol above the note in tablature:
Accents on the downbeat:
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
> >
--0--0--0--0-|5----------
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