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Hemiola vs Syncopation - What's the difference?

hemiola | syncopation |

In lang=en terms the difference between hemiola and syncopation

is that hemiola is the articulation of two bars in triple time as if they were three bars in duple time while syncopation is the quality of a rhythm being somehow unexpected, in that it deviates from the strict succession of regularly spaced strong and weak beats in a meter.

hemiola

English

Noun

(wikipedia hemiola) (en noun)
  • (music) The articulation of two bars in triple time as if they were three bars in duple time.

    • syncopation

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (music) The quality of a rhythm being somehow unexpected, in that it deviates from the strict succession of regularly spaced strong and weak beats in a meter
  • (phonology) The loss of sounds in the middle of a word.

    • Derived terms

    * syncopational * syncopationally

    Related terms

    * syncope