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demisemiquaver

[dem-ee-sem-ee-kwey-ver] /ˌdɛm iˈsɛm iˌkweɪ vər/
noun, Music (chiefly British) .
1.
a thirty-second note.
Origin of demisemiquaver
1700-1710
First recorded in 1700-10; demi- + semiquaver
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  • Remember, you've got to begin on the demisemiquaver at the end of the bar—only not too staccato, remember—and allow for the pause.

    Somehow Good William de Morgan
British Dictionary definitions for demisemiquaver

demisemiquaver

/ˈdɛmɪˌsɛmɪˌkweɪvə/
noun
1.
(music) a note having the time value of one thirty-second of a semibreve Usual US and Canadian name thirty-second note
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Word Origin and History for demisemiquaver
n.

1706; see demi- + semi- + quaver (n.).

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