Definition of Semiquaver. Meaning of Semiquaver. Synonyms of Semiquaver

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Definition of Semiquaver

Semiquaver
Semiquaver Sem"i*qua`ver, n. (Mus.) A note of half the duration of the quaver; -- now usually called a sixsteenth note.

Meaning of Semiquaver from wikipedia

- In music, a 1/16, sixteenth note (American) or semiquaver (British) is a note pla**** for half the duration of an eighth note (quaver), hence the names...
- In music notation, a sixty-fourth note (North American), or hemidemisemiquaver or semidemisemiquaver (British), sometimes called a half-thirty-second note...
- stream of semiquavers with two hemidemiquavers on the second semiquaver of each group. The pedal provides a rhythmic pulse with a semiquaver walking b****...
- A quaver, a dotted quaver, and a semiquaver, all joined with a primary beam (the semiquaver has a secondary beam)...
- The Martinsyde Semiquaver was a British single-seat racing biplane built by Martinsyde in 1920. It won the 1920 Aerial Derby and was entered for the 1920...
- music. The polonaise has a rhythm quite close to that of the Swedish semiquaver or sixteenth-note polska, and the two dances share a common origin. Polska...
- a very fast Presto con fuoco, features continuous sixteenth notes (semiquavers), in perpetuum mobile fashion involving both hands. Like all of Chopin's...
- "Erlkönig" has the supernatural element. Loewe's accompaniment is in semiquaver groups of six in 9 8 time and marked Geschwind (fast). The vocal line...
- lasting 15 semiquavers, simultaneously with the first left-hand semiquaver, then one semiquaver simultaneously with the 16th left-hand semiquaver. Furthermore...
- melody. The first theme follows, consisting of tumultuous cascades of semiquaver-tuplets (sixteenth-note-tuplets) and a leaping figure for the left hand...