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Definition of Sesquialtera

Sesquialtera
Sesquialter Ses`qui*al"ter, Sesquialtera Ses`qui*al"ter*a, n. [NL. sesquialtera.] (Mus.) A stop on the organ, containing several ranks of pipes which re["e]nforce some of the high harmonics of the ground tone, and make the sound more brilliant.

Meaning of Sesquialtera from wikipedia

- Sesquialtera ('one and a half') may refer to: Sesquialterum in mathematics, the ratio 3:2, a superparticular ratio Sesquialtera or the equivalent Gr****...
- hemiola (also hemiolia) is the ratio 3:2. The equivalent Latin term is sesquialtera. In rhythm, hemiola refers to three beats of equal value in the time...
- as the configurations for a Sesquialtera. Sesquialtera stops can be solo or chorus stops. The British Victorian Sesquialtera was often the only Mixture...
- usual conclusion of any section. A hemiola (the equivalent Latin term is sesquialtera) can also be considered as one straight measure in three with one long...
- Sesquialtera is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1916. Sesquialtera audens Prout, 1931 Sesquialtera lonchota...
- Acuta (Latin) Vox Acuta (Latin) Prin****l A high-pitched mixture stop. Sesquialtera (Latin) Sollicinal (German) Flute Comprises ranks at 2+2⁄3 ft and 1+3⁄5...
- its ancestors, the punto cubano and the Spanish guajira, which was the sesquiáltera or horizontal Hemiola. Its form usually alternates a first section in...
- Sesquialtera transition at "Ave vera virginitas" in tenor and b**** parts, clarifying the 3:2 proportion indicated by the overlapping placement of circle-3...
- pipework. Cornelius H. Edskes [] was the consultant. Ahrend rebuilt the sesquialtera, mixture and trumpet from hammered lead, and returned the instrument...
- inter binorum quorumcunque Planetarum tempora periodica, sit præcise sesquialtera proportionis mediarum distantiarum, ... " (But it is absolutely certain...