thirty-second note

noun

thir·ty-sec·ond note ˌthər-tē-ˈse-kən(d)-ˌnōt

-kən(t)-

: a musical note with the time value of ¹/₃₂ of a whole note see note illustration

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In the third, each note in a sixteenth-note arpeggio is sliced into its own arpeggio of thirty-second notes. —

Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2024

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1874, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of thirty-second note was in 1874

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