- 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...
- 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...
- two, and, ah. The
second divides the span of two main
beats by
three (
hemiola): one-ah, two-ah, three-ah. In sub-Saharan rhythm, the four main beats...
-
Mainstream Rock
Tracks chart in
August 1997. The song
makes extensive use of
hemiola, a
musical technique in
which the
emphasis in a
triple meter is changed...
-
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...
- 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...
- The
third movement is a waltz, with some
unusual elements, for example,
hemiola and
unbalanced phrase structure at the
outset of the movement.
These elements...
- an
effort to
elicit an
effect of
gasping for breath,
Brahms inserts a
hemiola over the
lyric W****er von
Klippe zu
Klippe geworfen. By
alternating quarter...
