Sixty-fourth note

The sixty-fourth note (also called a hemidemisemiquaver or semidemisemiquaver) is a note with a value of  of a whole note which is where it gets its name. It has four flags or beams. In the  time signature it has a value of  of a beat. It is the shortest common note in musical notation

References


 "The listener is right to suspect a Baroque reference when a double-dotted rhythmic gesture and semihemidemisemiquaver triplets appear to ornament the theme" (112).


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