a musical rhythm where an accent occurs in an unexpected place, such as on a weak beat or between beats

half note; minim

a diacritical mark consisting of two dots placed over a vowel, such as the umlaut in German, used to show that two adjacent vowels are pronounced as separate syllables

sixteenth note; semiquaver

demisemiquaver; a musical note played for one thirty-second of the duration of a whole note

a note having one-fourth the time value of a whole note

a musical note with the time value of one eighth of a whole note; also called a quaver