Definition of quaver

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Quaver (n.) A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music..

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Stem :: Stem (n.) The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc..
Roulade :: Roulade (n.) A smoothly running passage of short notes (as semiquavers, or sixteenths) uniformly grouped, sung upon one long syllable, as in Handel's oratorios..
Quap :: Quap (v. i.) To quaver.
Polka :: Polka (n.) A lively Bohemian or Polish dance tune in 2-4 measure, with the third quaver accented..
Semidemiquaver :: Semidemiquaver (n.) A demisemiquaver; a thirty-second note.
Quaver :: Quaver (n.) An eighth note. See Eighth.
Demiquaver :: Demiquaver (n.) A note of half the length of the quaver; a semiquaver.
Quavered :: Quavered (imp. & p. p.) of Quave.
Quaver :: Quaver (v. i.) To tremble; to vibrate; to shake.
Quaverer :: Quaverer (n.) One who quavers; a warbler.
Croma :: Croma (n.) A quaver.
Trill :: Trill (v. i.) To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
Abbreviation :: Abbreviation (n.) One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers..
Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) A time note, with a stem, having one fourth the value of a semibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; a quarter note..
Semiquaver :: Semiquaver (n.) A note of half the duration of the quaver; -- now usually called a sixsteenth note.
Hemi-demi-semiquaver :: Hemi-demi-semiquaver (n.) A short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth part of a whole note..
Twinkle :: Twinkle (v. i.) To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate..
Quave :: Quave (v. i.) To quaver.
Quaquaversal :: Quaquaversal (a.) Turning or dipping in any or every direction.
Quavering :: Quavering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quave.
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