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Sesque altra, n. Also: sesquialtora, seque altera. [L. sesqui alter one and a half; cf. e.m.E. sesquialter (1570).] In music: An interval of a fifth. Also 3 : 2 time. — 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 495 (L).
Sesque altra [E. Seque altera] and decupla resortis … War songin c1550-c1580 Art of Music 123b.
Diapenthe in soundis is proporcionat with sosqualtera in numberis quhilk is callit in Greik Enniola as 3 to 2 1657 R. Moray Lett. 31 Dec.
To … play him a spring either in plain mood, hemiola, sesquialtora, tripla or which you will
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