hemidemisemiquaver

American

[hem-ee-dem-ee-sem-ee-kwey-ver] / ˌhɛm iˌdɛm iˈsɛm iˌkweɪ vər /

noun

Music. Chiefly British.

a sixty-fourth note.

hemidemisemiquaver British

/ ˌhɛmɪˌdɛmɪˈsɛmɪˌkweɪvə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of hemidemisemiquaver

First recorded in 1850–55; hemi- + demisemiquaver

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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.

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