demisemiquaver

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dem·i·sem·i·qua·ver

(dĕm′ē-sĕm′ē-kwā′vər)

n. Music

A thirty-second note.

demisemiquaver

(ˈdɛmɪˌsɛmɪˌkweɪvə)

(Music, other) music a note having the time value of one thirty-second of a semibreve. Usual US and Canadian name: thirty-second note

thir′ty-sec′ond note`

a musical note having 1/32 the time value of a whole note.

[1885–90]

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Noun

demisemiquaver - a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note

thirty-second note

musical note, note, tone - a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long"

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biscroma

fusa

demisemiquaver

[ˈdemɪsemɪˌkweɪvəʳ] N (Brit) → fusa f

demisemiquaver

n → Zweiunddreißigstelnote f

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And how are the semiquavers and the demisemiquavers progressing?

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At bars 29 and 100 Mozart first wrote the version with demisemiquavers in the winds (y in ex.

Another look at the 'corrupt passage' in Mozart's G. minor symphony, K550: its sources, 'solution' and implications for the composition of the final trilogy

Unraced as a juvenile, Demisemiquaver was no match for Sues Surprise at Chester on her last start but will not run into as progressive a sort here.

Motor Racing: DEMI DELIGHT IS IN SIGHT FOR NOSEDA; RACING PREVIEW

THERE are no doubt better places to spend one's birthday than Lingfield on a cold December afternoon, but Steve Drowne, 36 yesterday, at least went home smiling after partnering Demisemiquaver to a cool win in the concluding 1m handicap.

Demisemiquaver gives Drowne happy birthday; LINGFIELD

An obvious reduction in the (notated) value of short notes in the later overtures confirms that what happened to the `Overture in the French Manner' was part of a larger project: Bach decided, sometime in the early 1730s, to feature in his overtures demisemiquaver tirades, not the (less precise?

Bach's French overtures and the politics of overdotting

Demisemiquaver figures are also found in version 1, but are limited there to proper tirate; thus one could hardly expect the performer of version 1 to guess, on stylistic grounds, that he should convert all semiquaver figures to demisemiquavers, particularly when figures of undotted semiquavers (bars 13 and 148--second [cts.

A French overture revisited; another look at the two versions of BWV831

85, bar 11: there should be a natural sign in front of the f on the second demisemiquaver of each of the three sextuplets in this bar.

Unlocking a Janacek enigma: the harmonic origins of Kudrjas's 'Waiting' song

Jeremy Noseda has a one-in-four strike-rate at Lingfield over the past five seasons, and Demisemiquaver was his latest winner when notching a short-head victory under Steve Drowne in the 1m2f maiden.

Horse Racing: Halford's flying visit pays off as Amazing Star lives up to name; LINGFIELD

fusa (quaver) written instrumental: alia semibreva demisemiquaver general late articulated notes on winds and strings (Quantz) Renaissance & keyboard & unarticulated notes on winds & strings Baroque keyboard speed specialists (Mersenne) Period MM Notes Per Tempo-step second notation 12th century 72 1.