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Yes, hemiolia is playable

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"Hemiolia" Definition

noun

In medieval music: The interval or relation of the perfect fifth: so called because produced on the monochord by shortening the string to two thirds of its full length, A group of three notes introduced in the midst of a piece in place of two; a triplet.

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