demisemiquaver Music.
(ˈdɛmɪˈsɛmɪˌkweɪvə(r))
[demi- 9.]
A note of half the value of a semiquaver; the symbol for this note, resembling a quaver, but with three hooks instead of one. Also attrib., as in demisemiquaver rest.
| 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Demi-semi-quaver, the least Note in Musick. 1822 T. L. Peacock Maid Marian (1837) 176 The song of the choristers died away in a shake of demisemiquavers. 1848 Rimbault First Bk. Piano 55 The Demisemiquaver Rest has three crooks turning to the left. |