hemidemisemiquaver

[ hem-ee-dem-ee-sem-ee-kwey-ver ]

nounMusic. Chiefly British.
  1. a sixty-fourth note.

Origin of hemidemisemiquaver

1
First recorded in 1850–55; hemi- + demisemiquaver

Words Nearby hemidemisemiquaver

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

British Dictionary definitions for hemidemisemiquaver

hemidemisemiquaver

/ (ˌhɛmɪˌdɛmɪˈsɛmɪˌkweɪvə) /


noun
  1. music a note having the time value of one sixty-fourth of a semibreve: Usual US and Canadian name: sixty-fourth note

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012