Nicola Zaccaria, Manuel Spatafora, Giuseppe di Ste - Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme, Act II: Chi Iha richiesto....Vediam

AMPHIBRACHY (from the Greek. Ampibraxys, lit. - short from both ends). 1) Mus. foot similar to A. syllabo-tonic verse. It is determined by the metric principle. severity - as a consequence of a light, heavy and again light share. The number of sounds on each beat can vary, on local beats local accents are possible: J. Haydn. Symphony No. 104, minuet. A. can end on the second, heavy lobe (see the end of the example); characteristic act allows us to consider A. as a music. foot iambic. type. A. is widespread in music. It is distinguished by the balance of parts and is associated with several muses. metric based genres. tripartite (minuet, scherzo, barcarole, gondolier). Name A. applies also to groups of three measures with a heavy second measure. 2) By analogy with antique. A. metric is a figure of short, long and short sounds, such as. V. N. Kholopova.