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 femi minime, or dupla felquiquarta, thus marked \( \frac{2}{3} \), where nine crotchets are to be in the bar, of which four make a semibreve in common time, i.e. in the down stroke fix, and but three up: it is usually beat adagio. 2. Nonupla di crome, or felqui ottava, marked thus \( \frac{3}{8} \), wherein nine quavers make a bar instead of eight in common time, i.e. fix down and three up: it is beat presto. 3. Nonupla di femicrome or super feti partiente nona, thus distinguished \( \frac{3}{16} \), in which nine semiquavers are contained in a bar, whereof sixteen are required in common time, fix down, and three up: it is ordinarily beat prestissimo. Besides these, there are two other species of nonupla, for which see TRIPLE.