hemiola

Noun

Meaning

hemiola (plural hemiolas)

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

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Anagrams

mahiole

Examples

A hemiola can also be seen as one straight measure in 3 with one long chord and one short chord and a syncope in the measure thereafter, with one short chord and one long chord. Source: Internet

The composite melody is an embellishment of the 3:2 cross-rhythm (also known as a hemiola ). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

heminotum hemiobol hemiodontid hemiolic hemione hemionid