noun
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A trembling shake.
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A trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.
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An eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail.
verb
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To shake in a trembling manner.
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To use the voice in a trembling manner, as in speaking or singing.
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To utter quaveringly.
Examples of quaver in a Sentence
Together with this, in the inner part, there is steady quaver motion.
It should be a dotted crotchet followed by a quaver tied to a crotchet followed by a quaver tied to a crotchet.
Quaver passages should, in general, rise in intensity and purpose as the notes rise, and die as they fall.
Alto drummers may reinforce the desired impression of quaver triplets by playing their parts as in Figure 1. Figure 1.
A major interpretational feature of this piece is to achieve the subjective accent on the first of each pair of quaver chords occurring throughout.
Accompaniment is contrapuntal, using 4 or 6 quaver patterns.
The typical quaver movement which characterizes Bach 's chorales is largely confined to the Bass.
Note that the quaver in bar 7 adds a 7th feeling to the music.
After that there's a longer note - a dotted quaver plus a crotchet tied together as one note.
After that there 's a longer note - a dotted quaver plus a crotchet tied together as one note.