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hemidemisemiquaver
[ hem-ee-dem-ee-sem-ee-kwey-ver ]
noun
, Music. Chiefly British.
- a sixty-fourth note.
hemidemisemiquaver
/ ˌhɛmɪˌdɛmɪˈsɛmɪˌkweɪvə /
noun
- music a note having the time value of one sixty-fourth of a semibreve Usual US and Canadian namesixty-fourth note
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hemidemisemiquaver1
First recorded in 1850–55; hemi- + demisemiquaver
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