▪ I. ˈtripla Mus.
[a. L. tripla, fem. of triplus: see triple a.]
Triple proportion between one note and another; triple time or rhythm. Also attrib.
| 1549 Compl. Scot. vi. 37 There vas mony smal birdis..singand..in accordis of mesure of diapason prolations, tripla ande dyatesseron. 1597 Morley Introd. Mus. 29 Tripla..is that which diminisheth the value of the notes to one third part: for three briefes are set for one. 1659 C. Simpson Division-Violist i. 8 Of Tripla's. Sometimes the Grounds themselves are Tripla-Time; consisting (usually) either of three Semibreves, or three Minims, or three Crochets to a Measure. 1728 R. North Mem. Music (1846) 104 For songs he approved onely the soft vein, such as might be called a step tripla. 1944 W. Apel Harvard Dict. Mus. 608/2 Nominally, this proportion was proportio tripla (another name for such a Nachtanz was Tripla). 1980 Early Music Jan. 120/2 Whilst I applaud the attempt to maintain a definite relationship with the main pulse, the required effect might sometimes be a stately sesquialtera rather than a hectic tripla. |
▪ II. tripla
pl. of triplum.