semiquaver
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of semiquaver
Example Sentences
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Schiff delivers it matter-of-factly, punctuated by his brief, semiquaver laugh.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2013
The voice, but for being perhaps a semiquaver deeper, is the very one that has moved millions.
From Time Magazine Archive
And folks have now a taste so fine, A semiquaver breaks the line!
From Awd Isaac, The Steeple Chase, and other Poems With a glossary of the Yorkshire Dialect by Castillo, John
Kate, who did not know a crotchet from a semiquaver, grew frightened at this talk of trying over accompaniments, and tried to stammer out some apologies and excuses.
From A Mummer's Wife by Moore, George (George Augustus)
Then a tone-picture is given of the encounter; the heavy tread of the Philistine is heard in the bass, while semiquaver passages, evolved from a figure in the preceding movement, evidently portray the spirited youth.
From The Pianoforte Sonata Its Origin and Development by Shedlock, J. S. (John South)
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