Semiquaver

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  • noun. A sixteenth note.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To play or sing in, or as in, semiquavers.
  • noun. In musical notation, same as sixteenth-note.
  • noun. 2. Figuratively, something of very short duration; a very short space of time.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A note of half the duration of the quaver; -- now usually called a sixteenth note.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a sixteenth note, drawn as a crotchet with two tails.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note
  • Word Usage
    "In It's Gonna Rain, the voice of a Pentecostal preacher is looped at gradually different speeds, creating a sumptuous sonic texture, and in Piano Phase the pianists have to move in and out of phase with one another, subtly shifting from one semiquaver of a melodic pattern to the next."
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    musical note  note  tone  
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