hemidemisemiquaver

Thân thiện

A musician plays a hemidemisemiquaver in a fast passage.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note: A hemidemisemiquaver is a very short note value in musical notation, equivalent to half the duration of a demisemiquaver (thirty-second note) and one sixty-fourth the duration of a semibreve (whole note).

Usage

• The word "hemidemisemiquaver" is used specifically in the context of written music to denote a note of extremely brief duration. It is primarily used in British English terminology. In American English, the equivalent term is "sixty-fourth note."

Examples

• Noun:
  • The composer used a rapid succession of hemidemisemiquavers to create a shimmering effect.
  • Playing that passage of hemidemisemiquavers accurately requires exceptional finger dexterity.

Advanced Usage

• "A run of hemidemisemiquavers": A fast sequence of these very short notes.
  • The violin solo began with a dazzling run of hemidemisemiquavers.

Variants and Related Words

• Demisemiquaver (n): (British English) A note having half the value of a hemidemisemiquaver; a thirty-second note.
• Semiquaver (n): (British English) A note having half the value of a demisemiquaver; a sixteenth note.
• Quaver (n): (British English) A note having half the value of a semiquaver; an eighth note.
• Sixty-fourth note (n): (American English) The direct equivalent term for a hemidemisemiquaver.

Synonyms

• Sixty-fourth note: The American English term for the same musical note value.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note

Từ đồng nghĩa

• sixty-fourth note