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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..

Quaver :: Quaver (v. t.) To utter with quavers.

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.

Quap :: Quap (v. i.) To quaver.

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

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

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..

Quave :: Quave (v. i.) To quaver.

Quave :: Quave (n.) See Quaver.

Tremble :: Tremble (v. i.) To quaver or shake, as sound; to be tremulous; as the voice trembles..

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 (n.) A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music..

Quaquaversal :: Quaquaversal (a.) Dipping toward all points of the compass round a center, as beds of lava round a crater..

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..

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

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

Quaver :: Quaver (v. i.) To tremble; to vibrate; to shake.

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

Polka :: Polka (n.) A lively Bohemian or Polish dance tune in 2-4 measure, with the third quaver accented..

Croma :: Croma (n.) A quaver.

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