ALL meanings of hemiola
hem·i·o·la
H h - noun hemiola 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. 1
- noun hemiola a rhythmic pattern of syncopated beats with two beats in the time of three or three beats in the time of two. 1
- noun hemiola a rhythmic device involving the superimposition of, for example, two notes in the time of three 0
- noun hemiola especially in early music, time values in the relationship of three to two, as in a unit or measure divided into three beats followed by an equivalent unit divided into two beats 0
- noun hemiola (music) The articulation of two bars in triple time as if they were three bars in duple time. 0