Klarinet Archive - Posting 000295.txt from 2000/10

From: Mark Thiel <thielm@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] how long does a note last?
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 09:39:29 -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

Well I say that it's all silly that we can't speak the same language on
both sides
of the pond (and on the other sides and in the middle of other ponds, of
course,
don't want those Aussies getting all prickly!). I, for one, just can't
wait
until decimalization (or decimalisation :/) clears this all up. Then we
would
have a nice rational system, each note divided into 10 decinotes or
100 centinotes; decanotes for when you have the breath, etc.

Mark Thiel

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