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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.  

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. 

Ornamentation

This article is from the Online Supplement, Book II. An ornament is a note or group of notes that decorates and gives character to a melody. The simplest of all ornaments is the grace note…

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