thirty-second note
Three-flagged musical value
A thirty-second note is a musical note played for one thirty-second the duration of a whole note—half as long as a sixteenth note.
Written with a filled oval, a stem, and three flags, it appears in fast passages or ornamental figures.
British English calls it a demisemiquaver.
Structural support member
- flagCloth symbol or signal
- stemPlant's central axis
- restCessation of activity
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
manuscript · engraving · transcription · time signature · measure · bar · ornament · sheet music
Move swiftly on foot
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- arpeggioSuccessive chord tones
- tremoloRapid tonal wavering
- trillRapid pitch oscillation
flourish · embellishment · cadenza · coloratura · melisma · roulade · figuration · ornamental
Short, separated note style
- legatoUnbroken musical phrasing
- slurInsulting group label
- tieEqual score, or neckwear
- detachedApart or uninvolved
spiccato · crisp · light · marcato · accent · phrasing · bowing · tonguing
Very fast tempo
- vivaceLively musical tempo
- allegroBrisk tempo marking
- prestissimoFastest musical tempo
- allegrettoModerately brisk tempo
metronome · BPM · accelerando · veloce · toccata · virtuosic
beam
Structural support member
score · manuscript · engraving · transcription · time signature · measure · bar · ornament · sheet music · sight-reading
run
Move swiftly on foot
trill · flourish · embellishment · cadenza · coloratura · melisma · roulade · figuration · ornamental · dexterity
staccato
Short, separated note style
detached · spiccato · crisp · light · marcato · accent · phrasing · bowing · tonguing · touch
presto
Very fast tempo
- vivaceLively musical tempo
- allegroBrisk tempo marking
- prestissimoFastest musical tempo
allegretto · metronome · BPM · accelerando · veloce · toccata · virtuosic
- rhythm notationwhole rest, half rest, quarter rest, eighth rest, breve