Definition of Hypermeter. Meaning of Hypermeter. Synonyms of Hypermeter

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Definition of Hypermeter

Hypermeter
Hypermeter Hy*per"me*ter, n. [Gr. ? beyond all measure; "ype`r over, beyond + ? measure: cf. F. hyperm[`e]tre.] 1. (Pros.) A verse which has a redundant syllable or foot; a hypercatalectic verse. 2. Hence, anything exceeding the ordinary standard. When a man rises beyond six foot, he is an hypermeter. --Addison.

Meaning of Hypermeter from wikipedia

- opposed to smaller-scale metre). Hypermeasures consist of hyperbeats. "Hypermeter is metre, with all its inherent characteristics, at the level where bars...
- Dictionary of Music (1986: 216). A hyperbeat is one unit of hypermeter, generally a measure. "Hypermeter is meter, with all its inherent characteristics, at the...
- adjacent hypermeasures, which must be of the same length, create a sense of hypermeter. The term was coined by Edward T. Cone in Musical Form and Musical Performance...
- Also used for the above but usually suggests higher tempo or shorter hypermeter. Sometimes preferred for certain folk dances such as cachucha Compound...
- songs use unusual harmonic progressions and unexpected disruptions of hypermeter, both features that were met in 'Warmth of the Sun' and 'Don't Back Down...
- lack of analysis of **** Hensel's music has left the presence of triple hypermeter in her songs mostly overlooked. He points to this type of meter being...
- not to a modern time signature, but rather to what is sometimes called hypermeter—organization of measures into regular groups of twos or threes. It referred...
- deep structure to surface structure, or music. Then he discusses the hypermeter of this symphony, ****igning measures either a strong or weak designation...
- Quarterly 76/2, pages 242–263. 1992. "Gabriel Fauré's Expansions of Nonduple Hypermeter in La fleur qui va sur l'eau, Op. 85, No. 2", In Theory Only 12/3–4, pages...