Two hundred fifty-sixth note

The two hundred fifty-sixth note (also called a demisemihemidemisemiquaver)^[1] is a note which, has a value of ¹⁄₂₅₆ of a whole note. In musical notation it has 6 flags or beams. This is a rare type of note and is rarely seen in musical pieces. Its mainly used in slow pieces of music and are used for a fast section without changing the slow tempo. One example, is when they occur in some editions of the second movement (Largo) of Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto (Op. 37) (1800), to notate fast scales.^[2]

256th note
256th rest

References

↑ Assoja, Kartik; Ernala, Sindhu; Buitelaar, Paul (16–17 October 2014). "UNLP at the C@merata Task: Question Answering on Musical Scores ACM" (PDF). University of Essex. Retrieved 12 April 2021.^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ "Extremes of Conventional Music Notation". homes.sice.indiana.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-12.

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[1] Assoja, Kartik; Ernala, Sindhu; Buitelaar, Paul (16–17 October 2014). "UNLP at the C@merata Task: Question Answering on Musical Scores ACM" (PDF). University of Essex. Retrieved 12 April 2021.^{[permanent dead link]}

[CMNE-2] "Extremes of Conventional Music Notation". homes.sice.indiana.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-12.

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