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|Composer=Ginastera, A. 19xx-19xx
|Title=Twelve American Preludes
|Movement=1. Accents
|Level=10
|Tonic=F
|Mode=Other
|Marked Tempo=Vivace
|Tempo=very fast
|Period=20th Century
|Mood=Virtuosic
}}
This piece is in 6/8 time, but the groupings have been shifted one eighth note earlier with accents forming hemiola patterns.  A sophisticate metrical sense is required to maintain the off-kilter feel.