sixty-fourth note
Shortest common beat
A sixty-fourth note is a musical note played for one sixty-fourth the duration of a whole note—half the length of a thirty-second note.
Written with a filled oval, a stem, and four flags, it represents an extremely brief sound used mainly in rapid ornamental passages.
Also called a hemidemisemiquaver in British terminology.
- staccatoShort, separated note style
- tempoRate of musical performance
- tremoloRapid tonal wavering
- tripletSet of three
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
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