Mus. Obs. [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.
