Meip Save Sum Match each term with its definition 1 accent syncopation metronome unit or group containing and number of beats organization of beats into regular groupings stress or emphasis on a note particular arrangement of note length in a piece of music, the ordered flow of music through time putting an accent in music where it would not normally be expected rate of speed of the beat of music A unaccented pulse preceding the downbeat tist or stressed, beat of the measure meter upbeat rhythm tempo downbeat regular recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time beat device that produces ticking sounds or nashes of light at any desved musical speed Reset