On 6/30/05, Harold Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello folks. > > Has anyone mentioned the term "sesquialtera"? One source i have says > "IIn Hispanic Music, it may refer to the mixture of duple and triple > time within groups of six quavers (eighth notes)."
Sesquialtera is also an organ stop that is (usually) a non-breaking (i.e., one that doesn't "break back" as the notes ascend) mixture consisting of two "ranks" of pipes--one at 2 2/3' and the other at 1 3/5'. (Yeah, I know it has nothing to with meter, so this is kind of OT...) I've enjoyed the discussion on 6/4. Whenever I think of hemiola I think of Brahms's use of hemiola ... _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
