As fidhle pointed out, it's in alot of spanish music, figures prominently in "America" from WSS. I remember learning this technique (and the term that I think applies) working on _Man Of La Mancha_ for the song "It's All The Same".
That's the word that popped into my head too, but I dismissed it after seeing that Wikipedia said it's technically not hemiola even though a lot of other people make the same 'mistake' ...
But Merriam Webster agrees with you -- I looked farther than Wikipedia after reading your comment. I'm going with you and Webster over Wikipedia on this one.
from Maugorn
As fidhle pointed out, it's in alot of spanish music, figures prominently in "America" from WSS. I remember learning this technique (and the term that I think applies) working on _Man Of La Mancha_ for the song "It's All The Same".
Re: from Maugorn
But Merriam Webster agrees with you -- I looked farther than Wikipedia after reading your comment. I'm going with you and Webster over Wikipedia on this one.