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