Definition of demisemiquaver in English:
demisemiquaver
noun ˌdɛmɪˈsɛmɪˌkweɪvəˌdɛmiˈsɛmaɪˌkweɪvər
British Music A note having the time value of half a semiquaver, represented by a large dot with a three-hooked stem.
Also called thirty-second note
Example sentencesExamples
- The music never lets up for a moment and both players have to cope with roulades of demisemiquavers in both hands.
- Osborne possesses these ‘giving’ qualities, but more than a few times I wished he had taken just a little more time over some of the hurrying groups of demisemiquavers.
- But from bar 96 onwards other members of the orchestra are playing demisemiquaver (thirty-second note) passage-work, scales and arpeggios, so obviously we should also.
- The last line begins a new bar and also opens with demisemiquavers, just as the first line does.
- From Bar 301 we have the passage with the single demisemiquaver A at the end of the bar.
- Here the demisemiquaver groups and double stops can be played by simply barring across the top two strings, and moving position as shown.
Definition of demisemiquaver in US English:
demisemiquaver
nounˌdɛmiˈsɛmaɪˌkweɪvərˌdemēˈsemīˌkwāvər
British Music A thirty-second note.
Example sentencesExamples
- But from bar 96 onwards other members of the orchestra are playing demisemiquaver (thirty-second note) passage-work, scales and arpeggios, so obviously we should also.
- The music never lets up for a moment and both players have to cope with roulades of demisemiquavers in both hands.
- The last line begins a new bar and also opens with demisemiquavers, just as the first line does.
- Here the demisemiquaver groups and double stops can be played by simply barring across the top two strings, and moving position as shown.
- From Bar 301 we have the passage with the single demisemiquaver A at the end of the bar.
- Osborne possesses these ‘giving’ qualities, but more than a few times I wished he had taken just a little more time over some of the hurrying groups of demisemiquavers.