sixty-fourth note

American

noun

Music.

a note having one sixty-fourth of the time value of a whole note; hemidemisemiquaver.

sixty-fourth note British

noun

Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): hemidemisemiquaver. music a note having the time value of one sixty-fourth of a semibreve

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A common fault is to make them too short, especially when the four hooks of a sixty-fourth note have to be added.

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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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