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hemiola

n. (context music English) The articulation of two bars in triple time as if they were three bars in duple time.

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Hemiola

In music, hemiola (also hemiolia) is the ratio 3:2. The equivalent Latin term is sesquialtera.

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Their ravishing high notes launch a pathetic prayer at the clerestory, a help message holding at bay, for one more hemiola, the floodgate crossing.