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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Quaquaversal :: Quaquaversal (a.) Dipping toward all points of the compass round a center, as beds of lava round a crater..
Croma :: Croma (n.) A quaver.
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..
Warble :: Warble (v. t.) To sing in a trilling, quavering, or vibratory manner; to modulate with turns or variations; to trill; as, certain birds are remarkable for warbling their songs..
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..
Quaver :: Quaver (v. t.) To utter with quavers.
Quaver :: Quaver (v. i.) Especially, to shake the voice; to utter or form sound with rapid or tremulous vibrations, as in singing; also, to trill on a musical instrument.
Twinkle :: Twinkle (v. i.) To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate..
Tremble :: Tremble (v. i.) To quaver or shake, as sound; to be tremulous; as the voice trembles..
Warble :: Warble (v. i.) To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.
Demiquaver :: Demiquaver (n.) A note of half the length of the quaver; a semiquaver.
Quaver :: Quaver (n.) A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music..
Quave :: Quave (n.) See Quaver.
Trill :: Trill (n.) A shake or quaver of the voice in singing, or of the sound of an instrument, produced by the rapid alternation of two contiguous tones of the scale; as, to give a trill on the high C. See Shake..
Quave :: Quave (v. i.) To quaver.
Warble :: Warble (n.) A quavering modulation of the voice; a musical trill; a song.
Quap :: Quap (v. i.) To quaver.
Quavering :: Quavering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quave.
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..
Polonaise :: Polonaise (n.) A stately Polish dance tune, in 3-4 measure, beginning always on the beat with a quaver followed by a crotchet, and closing on the beat after a strong accent on the second beat; also, a dance adapted to such music; a polacca..
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