Hundred twenty-eighth note

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Beethoven used hundred twenty-eighth notes in the first movement of his Pathétique Sonata (Op. 13) File:Beethoven Op. 8 1-128th note.mid
A hundred twenty-eighth note with stem pointing up, a hundred twenty-eighth note with stem pointing down, and a hundred twenty-eighth rest.
Hundred twenty-eighth notes beamed together.

The hundred twenty-eighth note (also called a semihemidemisemiquaver[1][2] or quasihemidemisemiquaver[3]) is a note played for Template:Frac of the duration of a whole note which is where it gets its name.It has five flags or beams. In the 44 time signature it has a value of Template:Frac of a beat.

References

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  1. Read, Gardner (1979). Music Notation, p.65. 2nd edition. Crescendo Taplinger. Template:ISBN.
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