Crossword clues for semiquaver
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Semiquaver \Sem"i*qua`ver\ (s[e^]m"[i^]*kw[=a]`v[~e]r), n. (Mus.) A note of half the duration of the quaver; -- now usually called a sixteenth note.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. (context music English) A sixteenth note, drawn as a crotchet with two tails.
WordNet
n. a musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note [syn: sixteenth note]
Usage examples of "semiquaver".
The tunes and the themes were all hurried, sketched with not a semiquaver more than necessary, the page balanced by a hand or a knee, yet the music was always captured with ease and precision.
I want a semiquaver figure for the violins, varied and repeated throughout the movement.
Alison is accepting when he has problems keeping to the beat and when he plays semiquavers as quavers.
Alison is accepting when he has problems keeping to the beat and when he plays semiquavers as quavers.