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‖ notes inégales, n. pl. Mus.|nɔts inegal| [Fr., lit. ‘unequal notes’.] In Baroque music, notes performed by convention in a rhythm different from that shown in the score.
1927Grove's Dict. Mus. (ed. 3) II. 708/2 To avoid all uncertainty, authors frequently make use of the expression notes égales or notes inégales. 1954Ibid. (ed. 5) IV. 479/2 In common 4–4 time semi-quavers or quavers but not crotchets or minims are eligible as ‘notes inégales’. 1965Times 9 July 16 Chief among these ‘errors’ is the convention of notes inégales, which decreed that with certain specified or understood exceptions, pairs of stepwise quavers (or, in some time-signatures, semiquavers) were to be played unevenly, the first note rather longer than the second. 1970Sat. Rev. 31 Oct. 55 Mr. Weaver shows a commendable awareness of performance practice, even though scholars are not unanimous—namely the notes inégales in the finale of No. 3 where he adjusts the left hand to the triplet meter in the right. 1972Times 22 Nov. 11/5 A sound knowledge of the more ticklish stylistic points to be observed, notes inégales, for instance in music from Couperin's Ninth Suite. 1975Times Lit. Suppl. 9 May 503/4 (Advt.), Notes on ornamentation, bowing, notes inégales, and other performance problems. |