semiquaver

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sem·i·qua·ver /ˈsemiˌkweɪvə $ -ər/ noun [countable] British English APMa musical note that continues for a sixteenth of the length of a semibreve 十六分音符 SYN American English sixteenth note

Examples from the Corpus

semiquaver• The rapid bowed quavers of the former become the rapid staccato semiquavers of the latter.

sem·i·qua·ver nounChineseSyllable

a that note continues of sixteenth for musical Corpus a

semiquaver
sem‧i‧qua‧ver /ˈsemiˌkweɪvə $ -ər/

noun [countable] British English
a musical note that continues for a sixteenth of the length of a semibreve
SYN sixteenth note American English

semi·quaver

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/ˈsemikweɪvə(r)/

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NAmE

/ˈsemikweɪvər/

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ˌsixˈteenth note

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noun

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a note that lasts half as long as a

quaver

eighth note

十六分音符