Klarinet Archive - Posting 000268.txt from 2000/10

From: Gavin Rebetzke <GRebetzke@-----.au>
Subj: RE: [kl] how long does a note last?
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 20:11:04 -0400

> Rien Stein wrote:
>
> > Sometimes I read about "quavers", "semi-demi-quavers" and so on. None of
my dictionaries is giving a good translation or explanation of these words.
Would someone please be so kind to tell me the duration of these notes in
terms of quarter-, eights and other note lengths?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Rien
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> breve = double whole
> semibreve = whole
> minim = half
> crotchet = quarter
> quaver = eighth
> semiquaver = sixteenth (semi for short)
> demisemiquaver = 32nd (demisemi)
> hemidemisemiquaver = 64th (hemidemi)
> semihemidemisemiquaver = 128th
> etc.... (phew!)
> at your service!
> David

Just want to add that this terminology is a lot more common in British
English than American English. Here in the US, many of us would have to
consult a good music dictionary to be sure what each term meant.

Dee Hays

Likewise, we in the rest of the English speaking world have to sit and
transpose what all these fractions mean into plain English! (Cultural
differences :)

Gavin

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