hemiola in handel's 'and the glory of the lord
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A short PowerPoint explaining Handel's use of a hemiola in 'And the Glory of the Lord'.
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A hemiola is where the music feels like it is in 2/4 even though it is written in 3/4.
This is a hemiola demonstrated on a dumkit pattern
Hemiola
A hemiola is where the music feels like it is in 2/4 even though it is written in 3/4.
In Baroque music it was fashionable to use a hemiola when approaching a cadence.
Handel uses a hemiola in ‘And the Glory of the Lord’. It is first heard in bars 9-10 of the introduction
Hemiola
In bars 9-10 you can see that although the music is in 3/4 the chords change every two beat. This is especially clear if you disregard the melody
Hemiola
D major
Hemiola
A majorE major
E major
V IIV V
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