Sixteenth note Sixteenth note In music, a sixteenth note (American) or semiquaver (British) is a note played for half the duration of an eighth note (quaver), hence the names. It is the equivalent of the semifusa in mensural notation, first found in 15th-century notation . Sixteenth notes are notated with an oval, filled-in note head and a straight note stem with two flags (see Figure 1). A single sixteenth note is always stemmed with flags, while two or more are usually beamed in groups . A corresponding symbol is the sixteenth rest (or semiquaver rest), which denotes a silence for the same
Music Is Rotted One Note Music Is Rotted One Note Music Is Rotted One Note is the third full-length album released by Squarepusher, on UK electronica label Warp. Following the abrasive sounds of "Hard Normal Daddy" and the drum and bass feel of the "Big Loada" EP, "Music Is Rotted One Note" has a far more relaxed, abstract sound, owing much to both jazz and electroacoustic music. The album production did not involve any sequencing or sampling equipment, which had featured heavily on Squarepusher's previous work. Many of the tracks instead have a 'live' feel, featuring virtuoso playing by Squarepusher on the drums and bass