Hemiola
Two bars of 3/4 regrouped as three groups of two beats, often before a cadence.
- Category
- Rhythm and meter
- First taught in
- 6.6 Follow a theme through its variations
- Theory cards
- Hemiola (Level 6)
- Accents against the metre (Diploma)
In the lessons
2 lessons and 2 pieces where the Method teaches or uses it, in teaching order.
| Lesson | Lesson and piece |
|---|---|
| 6.6 | Follow a theme through its variationsAir avec variations (Aylesford Piece 16), Aylesford Pieces, George Frideric Handel |
| D.8 | Keep dance metre through displaced accentsImpromptu in F minor, D. 935 No. 4 (Op. 142 No. 4) — complete, Franz Schubert |
In Musicianship
The units whose theory questions ask about it.
| Unit | Title |
|---|---|
| 6.6 | Dots and syncopation |
| D.8 | Displaced accents |
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