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Hemidemisemiquaver #1 (permalink) Tue May 29, 2007 12:43 pm   Hemidemisemiquaver
 

Don't you like the word? Quite a mouthful, too -- such a big word for such a tiny sound (a sixty-fourth note).
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Hemidemisemiquaver #2 (permalink) Tue May 29, 2007 13:56 pm   Hemidemisemiquaver
 

Gosh! :shock:

I had to look up in a dictionary, since I thought it was a joke. But, no, it's a real word. :o
As if it had something to do with German. Only they have these more-than-fifteen-lettered words.

Thank you, Conchita, for revealing this lovely word to me.

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Hemidemisemiquaver #3 (permalink) Tue May 29, 2007 14:12 pm   Hemidemisemiquaver
 

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Hemidemisemiquaver? :shock:

Speaking of notes, just a note to let you know that this nearly unintelligible procession of prefixes and syllables is allegedly 'chiefly British'. :lol:
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