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Another word for quaver

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Verb

  1. To move to and fro in short, jerky movements

    See also:

    repetition

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Another word for quaver

Verb
  1. See also:

    shake

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Sentence Examples

  • It should be a dotted crotchet followed by a quaver tied to a crotchet followed by a quaver tied to a crotchet.

  • quaver tied to a crotchet.

  • After that there's a longer note - a dotted quaver plus a crotchet tied together as one note.

  • quaver motion.

  • quaver passages should, in general, rise in intensity and purpose as the notes rise, and die as they fall.

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