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sixty-fourth note

American  

noun

Music.

  1. a note having one sixty-fourth of the time value of a whole note; hemidemisemiquaver.

sixty-fourth note British  

noun

  1. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): hemidemisemiquaver.  music a note having the time value of one sixty-fourth of a semibreve

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A common fault is to make them too short, especially when the four hooks of a sixty-fourth note have to be added.

From How to Write Music Musical Orthography by Harris, Clement A.

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