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half : semi- :: quarter : ??

Date: 2003-04-22 10:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lysana.livejournal.com
Demi. A demiquaver is a quarter note.

Date: 2003-04-22 10:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trinker.livejournal.com
demi/hemi/semi works in music, but strictly speaking they're all "half", aren't they?

Date: 2003-04-22 10:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wcg.livejournal.com
Yes. So quarter is semidemi, strictly speaking. (half of a half). An eighth is a semihemidemi.

Date: 2003-04-22 12:29 pm (UTC)
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hemisemidemiquaver, actually. Half of a semidemiquaver.

HTH, HAND.

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