quaver
- noun
- /ˈkwā-vər/
- UK
:
corchea
- To maintain the tempo, count out each quaver as you play along with the metronome.
- quaver and crotchet
Examples
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In the music piece, the composer instructed us to play several quavers in a rapid succession.
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The temporal rhythmic symbols that were taught were quavers (eighth notes), crotchets (quarter notes), and semibraves (half notes).
Academic text (2003) -
Give her six quavers, then pause.
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Her voice had the smallest of quavers to it.
Fiction book (1992) -
Those boys are the crotchets and the quavers.
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During the lesson, we practiced identifying quavers on the sheet music to improve our rhythm.
Synonyms
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A musical note that lasts half a beat and is written with a solid head, stem, and one flag
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Quaver (musical note) comes from an older word meaning 'to tremble' and is like the familiar word quiver. A quick eighth note was called a quaver because it gives a short, shaking sound, so the name links the idea of 'tremble' to the note.