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