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hemiola: a standalone construct

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hemiola1 CONSTRUCTHemiolaRANDEL · 3:2 RATIO

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Music theory

a rhythmic effect in which two groups of three beats are reheard as three groups of two, or the reverse.

A hemiola is a rhythmic effect in which a span normally felt as two groups of three beats is reheard as three groups of two, or the reverse, producing a momentary metric cross-rhythm in the ratio 3:2. Randel's The Harvard dictionary of music traces the term from medieval and Renaissance proportions to its common use at Baroque cadences and in later triple-meter music. The referent is a specific 3:2 regrouping of beats against the prevailing meter, identified by where the accents fall rather than by the notes themselves.[2][1]

Unit
A regrouping of beats in a 3:2 ratio against the prevailing meter
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Identified by accent and grouping patterns that reinterpret the metric span in a 3:2 proportion

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References

  1. Randel, D. M. (Ed.). (2003). The Harvard dictionary of music (4th ed.). Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674011632
  2. Cohn, R. L. (2001). Complex Hemiolas, Ski‐Hill Graphs and Metric Spaces. Music Analysis, 20(3), 295–326. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2249.00141

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