two hundred fifty-sixth note

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊt

Noun

two hundred fifty-sixth note (plural two hundred fifty-sixth notes)

1. (music, very rare) A note played for ​1⁄256 of the duration of a whole note.

   Synonym: demisemihemidemisemiquaver

   • 2009, Phyllis Sdoia-Satz, Practicing sucks, but it doesn't have to!: surviving music lessons:

     When you cut four quarter notes in half, you get eight eighth notes, and so on, down the road, all the way to two-hundred-fifty-sixth notes.

Translations

note

• French: sextuple croche f