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Demisemiquaver

Demisemiquaver \Dem`i*sem"i*qua`ver\, n. (Mus.) A short note, equal in time to the half of a semiquaver, or the thirty-second part of a whole note.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
demisemiquaver

1706; see demi- + semi- + quaver (n.).

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demisemiquaver

n. (context music English) a thirty-second note, drawn as a crotchet with three tails.

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demisemiquaver

n. a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note [syn: thirty-second note]

Usage examples of "demisemiquaver".

The song of the choristers died away in a shake of demisemiquavers, contrary to all the rules of psalmody.