semiminima

Definition of the Latin term semiminima in music:

  1. literally "half-smallest"
  2. note value in mensural notation equivalent to a quarter note in modern notation (with a duration half that of a minima)
Language
Latin
Singular
semiminima
Plural
semiminimae

Related terms

Latin musical terms related to semiminima:

  • brevis – literally "short"...
  • duplex longa – literally "double long"...
  • fusa – literally "poured"...
  • fusella – thirty-second note (American English), demisemiqua...
  • longa – literally "long"...
  • maxima – note value in mensural notation equivalent to eigh...
  • minima – note value in mensural notation equivalent to a ha...
  • semibrevis – literally "half-short"...
  • semifusa – literally "half-poured"...
  • subsemifusa – thirty-second note (American English), demisemiqua...
  • unca – eighth-note (American English), quaver (British En...