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Guitar Mixed Meter

Much of the music written before 1900 is in fixed meter, that is one meter (or time signature) per piece.  When the meter changes, frequently or infrequently, from one time signature to another within the same piece, it is called mixed meter.  

Hymn

When Jesus Wept was originally composed as a canon (musical round) in 1770 by American composer William Billings. The setting here is two-voice/imitative and was arranged in response to the George Floyd death on May 25, 2020.

Hemiola

A new rhythm arises when the accent pattern in  6/8 meter  shifts from two groups of three’s to three groups of two’s.  This is called hemiola. 

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