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 Note Music Note Music Note (February 5, 2005, in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse sired by A.P. Indy and out of the Sadler's Wells mare Note Musicale. She is owned by Godolphin Racing and is a Grade 1 winner. Music Note was a finalist for the Eclipse Award's American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly in 2008. In August 2009, she won her fourth Grade I race when she defeated sprint sensation Indian Blessing in the seven-furlong Ballerina Stakes. In October 2009, she won her fifth Grade I race, capturing the Beldame Stakes. In the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic, Music Note ran third