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Ross Brown

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My wife sent me the "Word of the Day"

 

"hemidemisemiquaver"

 

Should a no brainer for some of you, for me, I either never knew it or forgot it in middle school...

"When I take a stroll down Jackass Lane it is usually to see someone that is already there" Mrs. Brown
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Thought is was fun, so I posted it.... Here is the rest definition that came with the word.

 

 

hemidemisemiquaver \hem-ih-dem-ih-SEM-ih-kway-ver\ noun

> : a musical note with the time value of 1/64 of a whole note :

> sixty-fourth note

>

> Example sentence:

> The pianist's fingers became a blur flying over the keys as she played

> the difficult hemidemisemiquavers of the allegro movement.

>

> Did you know?

> Hemidemisemiquavers are the fastest musical notes that are commonly

> played, and performing them well can stretch human technique to its limit.

> The term is mainly used in Britain, where eighth notes are called

> "quavers," sixteenth notes are called "semiquavers," and thirty-second

> notes are called "demisemiquavers." In the United States,

> "hemidemisemiquaver" is likely to be used humorously, occurring especially

> as a clever substitute for "moment" or "bit," as in "the concert ended not

> a hemidemisemiquaver too soon."

>

>

 

"When I take a stroll down Jackass Lane it is usually to see someone that is already there" Mrs. Brown
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