Hundred twenty-eighth note

Beethoven used hundred twenty-eighth notes in the first movement of his Pathétique Sonata (Op. 13)

A hundred twenty-eighth note with stem pointing up, a hundred twenty-eighth note with stem pointing down, and a hundred twenty-eighth rest.

Hundred twenty-eighth notes beamed together.

The hundred twenty-eighth note (also called a semihemidemisemiquaver^[1]^[2] or quasihemidemisemiquaver^[3]) is a note played for ¹⁄₁₂₈ of the duration of a whole note which is where it gets its name.It has five flags or beams. In the [math]\displaystyle{ \frac 4 4 }[/math] time signature it has a value of ¹⁄₃₂ of a beat.

References

↑ Read, Gardner (1979). Music Notation, p.65. 2nd edition. Crescendo Taplinger. ISBN 0-8008-5453-5.
↑ Haas, David. Shostakovich's Second Piano Sonata: a composition recital in three styles. The Cambridge Companion to Shostakovich (2008-10-30)Cambridge University Press. p. 95–114. ISBN 978-0-521-84220-4. doi:10.1017/ccol9780521842204.006. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
↑ Miller, RJ. Contemporary Orchestration: A Practical Guide to Instruments, Ensembles, and Musicians (2015)Routledge. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-415-74190-3.

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[1] Read, Gardner (1979). Music Notation, p.65. 2nd edition. Crescendo Taplinger. ISBN 0-8008-5453-5.

[2] Haas, David. Shostakovich's Second Piano Sonata: a composition recital in three styles. The Cambridge Companion to Shostakovich (2008-10-30)Cambridge University Press. p. 95–114. ISBN 978-0-521-84220-4. doi:10.1017/ccol9780521842204.006. Retrieved 2022-05-03.

[3] Miller, RJ. Contemporary Orchestration: A Practical Guide to Instruments, Ensembles, and Musicians (2015)Routledge. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-415-74190-3.

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