Definition of hemiola in English:

hemiola

nounˌhɛmɪˈəʊləˌhemēˈōlə

Music

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.
Example sentencesExamples
- Then come odd meters, hemiolas, spiraling solos, and your head spinning the rest of the way.
- It was the litany of fruity vowels and partisan plosives of the Russian language that inspired Musorgsky; likewise, Scriabin manipulated hemiolas and syncopes to mimic the rhythms of his native tongue.
- During the short bridge, one guitarist plays an arpeggiated figure that emphasizes the hemiola division, while the drummer maintains a strict quarter-note division on the hi-hat.
- His is an oceanic performance that gives emphasis to the work's undulating hemiolas as they reach across bar lines and destabilize phrase periods.
- The original inspiration for this deluxe 21st-century version of the hemiola is the 19th-century's master of rhythmic ambiguity, Brahms.

Origin

Late Middle English: via medieval Latin from Greek hēmiolia 'in the ratio of one and a half to one' (from hēmi- 'half' + holos 'whole').

Definition of hemiola in US English:

hemiola

nounˌhemēˈōlə

Music

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 meter.
Example sentencesExamples
- Then come odd meters, hemiolas, spiraling solos, and your head spinning the rest of the way.
- The original inspiration for this deluxe 21st-century version of the hemiola is the 19th-century's master of rhythmic ambiguity, Brahms.
- During the short bridge, one guitarist plays an arpeggiated figure that emphasizes the hemiola division, while the drummer maintains a strict quarter-note division on the hi-hat.
- His is an oceanic performance that gives emphasis to the work's undulating hemiolas as they reach across bar lines and destabilize phrase periods.
- It was the litany of fruity vowels and partisan plosives of the Russian language that inspired Musorgsky; likewise, Scriabin manipulated hemiolas and syncopes to mimic the rhythms of his native tongue.

Origin

Late Middle English: via medieval Latin from Greek hēmiolia ‘in the ratio of one and a half to one’ (from hēmi- ‘half’ + holos ‘whole’).

单词	hemiola
释义	Definition of hemiola in English: hemiola nounˌhɛmɪˈəʊləˌhemēˈōlə Music 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. Example sentencesExamples Then come odd meters, hemiolas, spiraling solos, and your head spinning the rest of the way. It was the litany of fruity vowels and partisan plosives of the Russian language that inspired Musorgsky; likewise, Scriabin manipulated hemiolas and syncopes to mimic the rhythms of his native tongue. During the short bridge, one guitarist plays an arpeggiated figure that emphasizes the hemiola division, while the drummer maintains a strict quarter-note division on the hi-hat. His is an oceanic performance that gives emphasis to the work's undulating hemiolas as they reach across bar lines and destabilize phrase periods. The original inspiration for this deluxe 21st-century version of the hemiola is the 19th-century's master of rhythmic ambiguity, Brahms. Origin Late Middle English: via medieval Latin from Greek hēmiolia 'in the ratio of one and a half to one' (from hēmi- 'half' + holos 'whole'). Definition of hemiola in US English: hemiola nounˌhemēˈōlə Music 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 meter. Example sentencesExamples Then come odd meters, hemiolas, spiraling solos, and your head spinning the rest of the way. The original inspiration for this deluxe 21st-century version of the hemiola is the 19th-century's master of rhythmic ambiguity, Brahms. During the short bridge, one guitarist plays an arpeggiated figure that emphasizes the hemiola division, while the drummer maintains a strict quarter-note division on the hi-hat. His is an oceanic performance that gives emphasis to the work's undulating hemiolas as they reach across bar lines and destabilize phrase periods. It was the litany of fruity vowels and partisan plosives of the Russian language that inspired Musorgsky; likewise, Scriabin manipulated hemiolas and syncopes to mimic the rhythms of his native tongue. Origin Late Middle English: via medieval Latin from Greek hēmiolia ‘in the ratio of one and a half to one’ (from hēmi- ‘half’ + holos ‘whole’).
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