Meaning of Sixteenth noteA sixteenth note is a note that has half the duration of an eighth note. Because an eighth note receives one beat of a measure, a sixteenth note receives half a beat, or a quarter of the time value of a whole note. The symbol for a sixteenth note is a hollow oval note head with a stem and two flags.
Sixteenth notes are used to add rhythmic complexity and faster tempos to music. They allow musicians to play and notate faster passages that divide the beat into smaller increments. In fast music with many sixteenth notes, they are often beamed together in groups of 2, 4, 6 or 8 to make them easier to read.
A note having the time duration of one sixteenth of the time duration of a whole note.
In addition, you can familiarize yourself with the terms:
- [British] semiquaver
- [French] double-croche (f)
- [German] Sechzehntel (f)
- [German] Sechzehntelnote (f)
- [Italian] semicroma (f)
- [Spanish] semicorchea (f)
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