sesquialtera

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'Tis superparticular, sesquialtera, sesquitertia_, and superbipartiens tertias, quintas Melancholiae_, &c.; all those geometrical proportions are too little to express it.

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  1. In music:
  2. An interval having the ratio 1:1½ or 2:3—that is, a perfect fifth.
  3. A rhythm in which three minims are made equal to a preceding two. Compare hemiolia.
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  • 'Tis superparticular, sesquialtera, sesquitertia_, and superbipartiens tertias, quintas Melancholiae_, &c.; all those geometrical proportions are too little to express it. —  The Anatomy of Melancholy
  • An interesting point about this shanty is that, whether by accident or design, it exhibits a rhythmic device commonly practised by mediæval composers, known as _proportio sesquialtera_. —  The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties
 

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  1. Latin, feminine of sesquialter, one half more: see sesquialter.
 

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