quasihemidemisemiquaver

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English

Etymology

From quasi- +‎ hemidemisemiquaver.

Noun

quasihemidemisemiquaver (plural quasihemidemisemiquavers)

  1. (music, principally UK) A note having a time value half as long as a hemidemisemiquaver or 64th note; a 128th note.
    • 2004, Paul Griffins, The Penguin Companion to Classical Music, →ISBN:
      Telemann's ‘Gulliver’ suite for two violins includes a Lilliputian chaconne in quasihemidemisemiquavers and a Brobdignanian gigue in semibreves.

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