Definition of semiquaver in English:
semiquaver
noun ˈsɛmɪˌkweɪvəˌsɛmiˈkweɪvər
British Music A note having the time value of a sixteenth of a semibreve or half a quaver, represented by a large dot with a two-hooked stem.
two bars of accompanying semiquavers in the violas
Also called sixteenth note
Example sentencesExamples
- We may not all know how many semiquavers make a minim, but we know what kind of music helps us to relax after a hard day.
- In Beethoven's music any note from the semiquaver to the minim is capable of functioning as the main beat, and such virtuosos as Liszt and Paganini simply played some of their own music as fast as possible.
- One recurrent motif I noted in the book of 1980 was the group of eight quavers or semiquavers beginning off the beat, a simple signature.
- At the end the boy's open-stringed fiddling turns into arpeggios of A major and minor, and disperses in semiquaver thirds, now floating up instead of down.
- Maybe there is something to be said for inhabiting a separate little musical world of adulation, ‘luvvies’ and cascading semiquavers!
Definition of semiquaver in US English:
semiquaver
nounˌsɛmiˈkweɪvərˌsemēˈkwāvər
British Music A sixteenth note.
two bars of accompanying semiquavers in the violas
Example sentencesExamples
- Maybe there is something to be said for inhabiting a separate little musical world of adulation, ‘luvvies’ and cascading semiquavers!
- We may not all know how many semiquavers make a minim, but we know what kind of music helps us to relax after a hard day.
- In Beethoven's music any note from the semiquaver to the minim is capable of functioning as the main beat, and such virtuosos as Liszt and Paganini simply played some of their own music as fast as possible.
- One recurrent motif I noted in the book of 1980 was the group of eight quavers or semiquavers beginning off the beat, a simple signature.
- At the end the boy's open-stringed fiddling turns into arpeggios of A major and minor, and disperses in semiquaver thirds, now floating up instead of down.