hemidemisemiquaver
/ˌhɛmiˌdɛmiˌsɛmiˈkweɪvər/
noun
- A very short musical note, equal to half a demisemiquaver (1/64 of a whole note).
- The pianist practiced the run of hemidemisemiquavers slowly to get the timing perfect.
- In the sheet music, each hemidemisemiquaver had four flags on its stem.
- The composer wrote a rapid passage full of hemidemisemiquavers that was very difficult to play.
- Used humorously to describe something very small, brief, or insignificant.
- She gave only a hemidemisemiquaver of attention to the boring lecture.
- He didn't care a hemidemisemiquaver about the minor details of the plan.
- The difference between the two prices was a hemidemisemiquaver, hardly worth mentioning.