Matching Pairs Accent, Measure, and rhythmOnline version An exercise on accent, measure, and rhythm in music by PROYECTO ORFEO 1 stressed beat 2 simple quadruple 3 compound quadruple 4 measure (or the meter of a piece) 5 compound triple 6 simple duple 7 simple triple 8 measure (or bar) 9 time signature 10 compound duple the symbol that tells you the measure of the piece and how (with what type of note) it is written, appears at the beginning of a piece of music a pattern of a group of beats which begin with a stressed beat the basic rhythm of a piece natural accent of the measure and always falls on the first beat