Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sixty-fourth note.
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- noun music a sixty-fourth note, drawn as a
crotchet with four tails.
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"He told us that it was very important to know that the hemidemisemiquaver is the British name for the sixty-fourth note," the letter says.
NYT > Home Page By EDWARD WYATT 2010
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"He told us that it was very important to know that the hemidemisemiquaver is the British name for the sixty-fourth note," the letter says.
NYT > Home Page By EDWARD WYATT 2010
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"He told us that it was very important to know that the hemidemisemiquaver is the British name for the sixty-fourth note," the letter says.
Gawker Foster Kamer 2010
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"He told us that it was very important to know that the hemidemisemiquaver is the British name for the sixty-fourth note," the letter says.
NYT > Home Page By EDWARD WYATT 2010
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Thus they call a double whole note a breve, a whole note a semibreve, a half note a minim, a quarter note a crotchet, an eighth note a quaver, a sixteenth note a semi-quaver, a thirty-second note a demisemiquaver, and a sixty-fourth note a hemidemisemiquaver, or semidemisemiquaver.
Chapter 4. American and English Today. 2. Differences in Usage Henry Louis 1921
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Only in the centuries-old organ world could a half-decade seem but a hemidemisemiquaver.
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I win 840 grains of rice and learn the word hemidemisemiquaver.
The Pioneer Woman - Full RSS Feed Ree 2010
humblegod commented on the word hemidemisemiquaver
A 64th note. (A 32nd is a demisemiquaver, and a 16th note is a semiquaver.)
December 10, 2006
skipvia commented on the word hemidemisemiquaver
Ah...the 64th ousand dollar question.
October 1, 2007
skipvia commented on the word hemidemisemiquaver
I like words that are whole sentences all to themselves.
October 5, 2007
reesetee commented on the word hemidemisemiquaver
Yes. ;-)
October 5, 2007
smeggo commented on the word hemidemisemiquaver
Nota benissississimo.
October 10, 2008
bilby commented on the word hemidemisemiquaver
Preferred form is nota benissimissimissima.
October 10, 2008
smeggo commented on the word hemidemisemiquaver
Id est "nota bene". Don't punk my pun.
October 15, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word hemidemisemiquaver
In all my years I've yet to see any sheet music with a 32nd, 64th or note of smaller duration actually notated, regardless of its multi-prefixed name.
What is the word for 1/108th, 1/216th or 1/432nd of a quaver, a.k.a. quarter note or crochet, or semiminim?
For giggles, and others to determine: What is the limit at which the human ear/brain cannot distinguish between two or more successive sounds?
January 4, 2009