Definition of Hemiola

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hemiola

1. a rhythmic alteration in music [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemiola

hemimetamorphosis
hemimetamorphous
hemimethylated
hemimethylated DNA
hemimicelle
hemimicelles
hemimorphic
hemimorphism
hemimorphisms
hemimorphite
hemin
heminae
heminas
hemins
hemiola (current term)
hemiolas
hemiolia
hemiolias
hemiolic
hemione
hemiones
hemionus
hemiopalgia
hemiopia
hemiopias
hemiopic
hemiopsia
hemipagus
hemipancreatectomy

Literary usage of Hemiola

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Die Mensuraltheorie des Franchinus Gafurius: Und der folgenden Zeit bis zur by Ernst Praetorius (1905)
"... sagt: »hemiola geschicht / w'enn III Semibreves auff ein Tact gesungen werden. ... der hauptsächlich für die proportia tripla und hemiola, bei gleicher ..."

2. Dictionnaire liturgique, historique et théorique de plain-chant et de ...by Joseph d' Ortigue by Joseph d' Ortigue (1853)
"... pour lors elle vaut deux temps, une noire un temps, deux croches un temps, clc. Ou bat la mesure gaiement, et on 1 appelle hemiola minore. ..."

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