- In music,
hemiola (also hemiolia) is the
ratio 3:2. The
equivalent Latin term is sesquialtera. In rhythm,
hemiola refers to
three beats of
equal value...
- early-19th-century
music and is the
usual conclusion of any section. A
hemiola (the
equivalent Latin term is sesquialtera) can also be
considered as one...
-
ratio of a
perfect fifth is 3:2 (also known, in
early music theory, as a
hemiola),
meaning that the
upper note
makes three vibrations in the same amount...
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built upon a
typical African three-against-two (3:2) cross-rhythm, or
hemiola. The
piece begins with the b****
repeatedly playing 6 cross-beats per each...
- been
called both a
hemiola and a
habanera but is not
really either. The two bar
types alternate and are not superposed, as in a
hemiola. The alternation...
-
contrapuntal line of
primary importance, in
opposition to Nebenstimme)
hemiola (English, from Gr****) The
imposition of a
pattern of
rhythm or articulation...
- three-against-two (3:2), or six-against-four (6:4), also
known as a
vertical hemiola. The
cycle of two or four
beats are the main beat scheme,
while the triple...
- pedals, ostinato, and melody."
Concerning the use of a two-over-three (2:3)
hemiola in Beethoven's
String Quartet No. 6,
Ernest Walker states, "The vigorously...
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measures of
hemiola at mm. 50–51.
After two
orchestral bars (mm. 52–53), the
first theme is
heard again on the text
Juste Judex and ends on a
hemiola in mm...
-
cubano and the
Spanish guajira,
which was the sesquiáltera or
horizontal Hemiola. Its form
usually alternates a
first section in
minor mode, with a second...
