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Word: Hemiola
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: via medieval Latin from Greek hēmiolia ‘in the ratio of one and a half to one’ (from hēmi- ‘half’ + holos ‘whole’)
ˌhɛmɪˈəʊlə
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.
Short Definition:musical figure in which two groups of three beats are replaced by three groups of two beats
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