A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Demi-semi-quaver

DEMI-SEMI-QUAVER, the half of a semi-quaver; in other words, a note the value or duration of which is the quarter of a quaver and the eighth part of a crotchet. In French 'triple croche'; in Italian 'semi-bis-croma.' It is shown by , or, when joined, by , and its rest by .