hemiola
Meaning of hemiola
noun
a musical figure in which, typically, two groups of three beats are replaced by three groups of two beats, giving the effect of a shift between triple and duple metre.
late Middle English: via medieval Latin from Greek hēmiolia ‘in the ratio of one and a half to one’ (from hēmi- ‘half’ + holos ‘whole’).
Information about hemiola
- It is a name.
- The plural form of hemiola is: hemiolas.
- Languages in which hemiola is used:
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Hyphenation of hemiola
hemi-ola
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- hemiola is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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