demisemiquaver meaning

• Noun: demisemiquaver  `demee'semee`kweyvu(r)
  Usage: Brit (=thirty-second note)
  
  1. A musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note
     - thirty-second note [N. Amer]

  Derived forms: demisemiquavers

  Type of: musical note, note, tone

  Encyclopedia: Demisemiquaver

Examples

1. all ears . not lose a demisemiquaver
2. This leads to a light arpeggiated demisemiquaver transition passage.
3. It is made up of one bar of demisemiquaver scales leading into four bars where the theme becomes angular, chromatic and syncopated.
4. Tartini advised a correspondent to practice playing semiquavers as demisemiquavers followed by a rest, gradually building up the tempo but maintaining the separation between notes.
5. The soprano aria is accompanied by what John Eliot Gardiner terms " the most technically challenging of all Bach's flute demisemiquavers per bar ".