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Hemiola

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 in the time normally occupied by two beats. In pitch, hemiola refers to the interval of a perfect fifth.

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Triples56
Avg. degree1.97
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related to Horizontal hemiola · 15
Hemiola → African, America, Cuban, Haitian Vodou, Hausa, It, Latin American, Leonard Bernstein, Nigeria, Peter Manuel, Spain, Spanish, The, This, West Side Story
related to Vertical hemiola: sesquialtera · 11
Hemiola → David Hiley, Greek, Grove's Dictionary, Laird, Latin, Music, One, Paul, The New Harvard Dictionary, The Oxford Dictionary, Thomas Stanford
related to Further reading · 10
Hemiola → Brandel, Ethnomusicology, ISBN, Károlyi, Oriental Music, Ottó, Penguin Books, Rose, The African Hemiola Style, Traditional African
related to The perfect fifth · 7
Hemiola → Hippasus, In, Just, Philolaus, Pythagorean, Pythagoreans, The
related to Etymology · 4
Hemiola → Beginning, Dividing, Greek, The
related to Rhythm · 1
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two rhythm perfect fifth three music used ratio time sesquialtera pitch beats refers african also one first greek describe century

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Aristoxenusinstance of2 just perfect fifth arises in the justly tuned C major scale between C and G.Other intervalsLater Greek authors0.80text
Ptolemy use the word to describe smaller intervals as wellinstance of2 just perfect fifth arises in the justly tuned C major scale between C and G.Other intervalsLater Greek authors0.80text
such as the hemiolic chromatic pyknoninstance of2 just perfect fifth arises in the justly tuned C major scale between C and G.Other intervalsLater Greek authors0.80text
which is one-and-a-half times the size of the semitone comprising the enharmonic pyknoninstance of2 just perfect fifth arises in the justly tuned C major scale between C and G.Other intervalsLater Greek authors0.80text
Aristoxenusinstance ofOther intervalsLater Greek authors0.80text
Ptolemy use the word to describe smaller intervals as wellinstance ofOther intervalsLater Greek authors0.80text
such as the hemiolic chromatic pyknoninstance ofOther intervalsLater Greek authors0.80text
which is one-and-a-half times the size of the semitone comprising the enharmonic pyknoninstance ofOther intervalsLater Greek authors0.80text
Hemiolarelated to EtymologyThe0.60section
Hemiolarelated to EtymologyGreek0.60section
Hemiolarelated to EtymologyDividing0.60section
Hemiolarelated to EtymologyBeginning0.60section

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