Quaver vs. Semiquaver — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Quaver and Semiquaver
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Quaver
To quiver, as from weakness; tremble.
Semiquaver
A sixteenth note.
Quaver
To speak in a quivering voice; utter a quivering sound.
Semiquaver
(music) A sixteenth note, drawn as a crotchet with two tails.
Quaver
(Music) To produce a trill on an instrument or with the voice.
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Semiquaver
A note of half the duration of the quaver; - now usually called a sixteenth note.
Quaver
To utter or sing in a trilling voice.
Semiquaver
A musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note
Quaver
A quivering sound.
Quaver
A trill.
Quaver
An eighth note.
Quaver
A trembling shake.
Quaver
A trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.
Quaver
(music) an eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail.
Quaver
To shake in a trembling manner.
Quaver
(intransitive) To use the voice in a trembling manner, as in speaking or singing.
Quaver
(transitive) To utter quaveringly.
Quaver
To tremble; to vibrate; to shake.
Quaver
Especially, to shake the voice; to utter or form sound with rapid or tremulous vibrations, as in singing; also, to trill on a musical instrument
Quaver
To utter with quavers.
We shall hear her quavering them . . . to some sprightly airs of the opera.
Quaver
A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music.
Quaver
An eighth note. See Eighth.
Quaver
A tremulous sound
Quaver
A musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note
Quaver
Give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
Quaver
Sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
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