Sixty-fourth Note (Noun)
Meaning
A musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The rapid arpeggio pattern required the pianist to play a series of sixty-fourth notes in a row.
- The complex rhythmic pattern of the piece involved several sixty-fourth notes in each measure.
- The violinist struggled to articulate the sixty-fourth notes clearly in the fast and intricate passage.
- Playing sixty-fourth notes at such a fast tempo required an enormous amount of practice and finger dexterity.
- In the midst of the frenetic piano solo, the performer skillfully inserted a series of sixty-fourth notes that added to the overall sense of tension.