Quaver Synonyms

kwāvər
Sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. tremble
  2. vibrate
  3. warble
  4. quiver
  5. trill
To move to and fro in short, jerky movements
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. quake
  2. quiver
  3. shake
  4. shiver
  5. shudder
  6. tremble
  7. waver
  8. vibrate
  9. falter
  10. note
  11. oscillate
  12. sway
  13. twitter
  14. tremor
  15. trill
  16. vacillate
  17. wobble
A musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. eighth-note

Words Related to Quaver

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. repetition
  2. semiquaver
  3. crotchet
  4. minim
  5. semibreve
  6. semitone
  7. semi-quavers
  8. semi-tone
  9. demisemiquaver

Quaver Sentence Examples

  • 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.

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