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Composer's Handbook

Cross-Accent

A cross-accent pattern places accents that conflict with the meter.

Try this

Stay in 4/4 and accent every third eighth note for two bars.

Example

Across sixteen eighths, accent numbers 1, 4, 7, 10, 13 and 16.

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