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256th note

256th note is the alternative form of two hundred fifty-sixth note.

Meaning of two hundred fifty-sixth note

Noun

two hundred fifty-sixth note (plural two hundred fifty-sixth notes)

  1. A note played for 1⁄256 of the duration of a whole note.
    • When you cut four quarter notes in half, you get eight eighth notes, and so on, down the road, all the way to two-hundred-fifty-sixth notes.2009, Phyllis Sdoia-Satz, Practicing sucks, but it doesn't have to!: surviving music lessons
    Synonyms:
    demisemihemidemisemiquaver

Forms of 256th note

plural256th notes

Questions about 256th note

What is 256th note the alternative form of?
256th note is the alternative form of two hundred fifty-sixth note.

Words near 256th note in the dictionary

  1. 24th
  2. 25-NB
  3. 25-NBs
  4. 25/8
  5. 2547
  6. 256th note
  7. 256th notes
  8. 25I-NBOMe
  9. 25th
  10. 26
  11. 26+6=1

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