NONUPLA

NONUPLA, in the Italian music, denotes a quick time, peculiar to jigs. This species of time is otherwise called the measure of nine times, which requires two falls of the hand, and one rise. There are three sorts of nonupla. 1. Nonupla di semi-minime, or dupla sesquiquarta, thus marked $\backslash frac\{3\}\{2\}$, where nine crotchets are to be in the bar, of which four make a semi-breve in common time, i. e. in the down stroke six, and but three up: it is usually beat adagio. 2. Nonupla di crisme, or sesqui ottava, marked thus $\backslash frac\{9\}\{4\}$, wherein nine quavers make a bar instead of eight in common time, i. e. six down and three up: it is beat prestissimo. 3. Nonupla di semi-crisme or super setti partiente nona, thus distinguished $\backslash frac\{9\}\{8\}$, in which nine semi-quavers are contained in a bar, whereof sixteen are required in common time, six down, and three up: it is ordinarily beat prestissimo. Beside these, there are two other species of nonupla, for which see TRIPLE.