hemiola

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

From the Greek adjective ἡμιόλιος (hemiolios), meaning "containing one and a half," "half as much again," "in the ratio of one and a half to one (3:2), as in musical sounds"

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