quasihemidemisemiquaver

noun

A note having a time value half as long as a hemidemisemiquaver or 64th note; a 128th note.

Similar
128th notehundred twenty-eighth notesemihemidemisemiquaver
OriginEnglish hemidemisemiquaver ← Latin sēmi- ← Proto-Indo-European *sēmi →
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Meanings

nounquasihemidemisemiquaver (plural quasihemidemisemiquavers)

plural quasihemidemisemiquavers

  1. principally UKentertainmentA note having a time value half as long as a hemidemisemiquaver or 64th note; a 128th note.

    Telemann's ‘Gulliver’ suite for two violins includes a Lilliputian chaconne in quasihemidemisemiquavers and a Brobdignanian^([sic]) gigue in semibreves.

    2004, Paul Griffins, The Penguin Companion to Classical Music, →ISBN

    Synonyms: 128th note, hundred twenty-eighth note, semihemidemisemiquaver

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA note having a time value half as long as a hemidemisemiquaver or 64th note; a 128th note.

Similar
128th notehundred twenty-eighth notesemihemidemisemiquaver
Also see
hundred twenty-eighth note

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷís
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷis
  4. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kʷos
  6. Proto-Italic*kʷoi
  7. Latinquam
  8. Proto-Indo-European*só
  9. Proto-Italic*sei
  10. Latinsī
  11. Latinquasī̆
  12. Englishquasi-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  15. Proto-Hellenic[Term?]
  16. Ancient Greekἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)
  17. Englishhemi-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  19. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  20. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  21. Proto-Italic*dis-
  22. Latindis-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*me
  24. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  25. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  26. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  27. Proto-Italic*meðios
  28. Latinmedius
  29. Latindīmidius
  30. Vulgar Latin*dimedius
  31. Anglo-Normandemi
  32. Middle Englishdemi
  33. Englishdemi-
  34. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  35. Latinsēmi-
  36. Englishsemi-
  37. Englishquaver
  38. Englishsemiquaver
  39. Englishdemisemiquaver
  40. Englishhemidemisemiquaver
  41. Englishquasihemidemisemiquaver

From quasi- + hemidemisemiquaver.

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