HEMIOLA


Meaning of HEMIOLA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhe-mē-ˈō-lə ]

noun

Etymology: Late Latin hemiolia, from Greek hēmiolia ratio of one and a half to one, from hēmi- + holos whole — more at safe

Date: circa 1934

: a musical rhythmic alteration in which six equal notes may be heard as two groups of three or three groups of two

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