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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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..
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.
Quave :: Quave (n.) See Quaver.
Demiquaver :: Demiquaver (n.) A note of half the length of the quaver; a semiquaver.
Warble :: Warble (n.) A quavering modulation of the voice; a musical trill; a song.
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..
Twinkle :: Twinkle (v. i.) To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate..
Stem :: Stem (n.) The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc..
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..
Polka :: Polka (n.) A lively Bohemian or Polish dance tune in 2-4 measure, with the third quaver accented..
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..
Demisemiquaver :: Demisemiquaver (n.) A short note, equal in time to the half of a semiquaver, or the thirty-second part of a whole note..
Semidemiquaver :: Semidemiquaver (n.) A demisemiquaver; a thirty-second note.
Quaver :: Quaver (v. t.) To utter with quavers.
Quaquaversal :: Quaquaversal (a.) Turning or dipping in any or every direction.
Quavering :: Quavering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quave.
Quap :: Quap (v. i.) To quaver.
Warble :: Warble (v. t.) To cause to quaver or vibrate.
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.
Quave :: Quave (v. i.) To quaver.
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