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sixteenth note

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˈsixteenth ˌnote noun [countable] American English  APMa musical note which continues for a sixteenth of the length of a whole note 十六分音符 SYN British English semiquaver
Examples from the Corpus
sixteenth noteThe first is the eighth note triplet shuffle and the second is the sixteenth note triplet or the half-time shuffle feel.
ˈsixteenth ˌnote nounChineseSyllable
a continues note the which of musical a for sixteenth Corpus


sixteenth note
ˈsixteenth ˌnote noun [countable] American English
a musical note which continues for a sixteenth of the length of a whole note
   SYN  semiquaver British English


sixteenth noteBrE /ˌsɪksˈtiːnθ nəʊt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsɪksˈtiːnθ noʊt/ 🔊 (NAmE) (BrE semi·quaver) noun (music 音乐) a note that lasts half as long as a quaver/ eighth note 十六分音符