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Warble :: Warble (v. t.) To cause to quaver or vibrate.

Semiquaver :: Semiquaver (n.) A note of half the duration of the quaver; -- now usually called a sixsteenth 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..

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 (n.) A quavering modulation of the voice; a musical trill; a song.

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.) To tremble; to vibrate; to shake.

Quaquaversal :: Quaquaversal (a.) Turning or dipping in any or every direction.

Quaverer :: Quaverer (n.) One who quavers; a warbler.

Quaver :: Quaver (n.) An eighth note. See Eighth.

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..

Quavered :: Quavered (imp. & p. p.) of Quave.

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.

Semidemiquaver :: Semidemiquaver (n.) A demisemiquaver; a thirty-second note.

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.

Quavering :: Quavering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quave.

Stem :: Stem (n.) The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc..

Twinkle :: Twinkle (v. i.) To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate..

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