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quaver Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a quaver in one's voice
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It is a language that emphasizes on the tonic and fifth, with quavering pitch-play, especially pitch-flattening, around the third, the fifth, and sometimes the seventh.
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Beneath them, the bass part moves steadily in quavers, with extra harmony provided by the inner parts.
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After its statement, it is varied twice, the first time with a quaver walking bass, then with the melody itself played in quavers.
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In order of halving duration, we have: double note (breve); whole note (semibreve); half note (minim); quarter note (crotchet); eighth note (quaver); sixteenth note (semiquaver).
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It is played in quavers throughout the whole song, holding the tempo and the rhythmic pattern.
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The piano accompaniment is syncopated, playing chords of quavers alternating in the left and right hand.
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A related symbol is the eighth rest (or quaver rest), which denotes a silence for the same duration.
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If he finds one, he will quaver on her lid with his legs.
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It starts off with some fast, triplet quavers and then three loud (forte) chords.
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In the second section it is played against quavers; and in parts of the last, against running semiquaver passagework.
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