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hemiola

noun

Meaning

  1. The articulation of two bars in triple time as if they were three bars in duple time.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

hemitone(English)half-time(English)compound duple(English)triple time(English)double time(English)semiditone(English)quasihemidemisemiquaver(English)semidemisemiquaver(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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