quasihemidemisemiquaver

English

Etymology

quasi- +‎ hemidemisemiquaver

Noun

quasihemidemisemiquaver (plural quasihemidemisemiquavers)

1. (music, principally UK) A note having a time value half as long as a hemidemisemiquaver or 64th note; a 128th note.
   • 2004, Paul Griffins, The Penguin Companion to Classical Music, →ISBN:

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

Synonyms

• 128th note, hundred twenty-eighth note (US)
• semihemidemisemiquaver