Is it physically possible to play 64th or 128th notes?

Question:Just wondering. I have some 32nd note runs in a concert piece with trombone. It just got my curiosity going.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Just wondering. I have some 32nd note runs in a concert piece with trombone. It just got my curiosity going.

Of course, depending on the tempo you set! If you set your tempo to 32 beats per minute or lower, 64th and 128th notes become very playable. Remember that the division of beat slows down along with the beat. Also, at 4/128 the 128th note becomes one beat. Therefore, the 128th note, even at 120 beats per minute, becomes very easy to play. You have to keep rhythm in perspective. Hope this helps!

yes it does depend on speed. but also on the instrument. Obviously it would be a lot easier to play 64th notes on a guitar at 120 than it would be on a Tuba.

You are confusing number of notes with tempo (speed). If the piece is very slow, then 128th notes would be no different than 1/8th notes in a fast piece - they would just be harder to read.

If it's for a trombone, it is difficult and having a Chicago type band myself, I never write more than 64th notes for the trombone and only as passing notes...not sustained riffs. Too fast.
I can play them on guitar but for wind instrument, you don't want to lose the punch and the effect so I use 32nd notes mostly, and 64th on trumpet and Sax.
As passing notes, I can actually do 128th on guitar but not sustain a whole music piece at a super fast tempo. It is easy for guitarist to slur and pull strings for speed, and 128th are effective as finger tapping notes or fast hammer-ons & pull-offs.

Yep!...practise,practise and more practise...