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  quaver - OneLook Dictionary Search
quaver : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
Phrases that include quaver: demi quaver, quaver nunatak
Words similar to quaver: trill, quavered, quavering, quaveringly, quavery, warble, waver, eighth note, more...
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  quaver - Definitions from Dictionary.com
a quavering or tremulous shake, esp. in the voice.
Meaning "sing in trills or quavers" first recorded 1538.
Example: There was a quaver in her voice.
dictionary.reference.com /browse/quaver   (258 words)

  
  VIRTUAL PILCHARDS - The Life and Times of Quaver   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Jeremy came next together with a revamped tank for Quaver but by this time, Quaver was fiercely defending his right to be the sole fish in my life.
Quaver moved out of Sarah's house and into my classroom for no more significant reason than we had moved the CD rack on which his tank rested into the dining room and didn't trust him to be on his own for long periods of time unsupervised.
Towards the end of his life, Quaver became an active member of the Discovery Emotional Intelligence project as fish tanks were promoted as a useful addition to an "EQ Smart" classroom.
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 In order of rating - CutePHP Forums
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 Music Theory / Time
There is no difference between the sound of two tied quavers and the sound of a crotchet.
When replaced with a dotted crotchet tied to a minim tied to a quaver, the musician sees the note's length (still a semibreve) in relation to the music's beat and natural accent.
When there are four quavers in one half of the measure you may beam them to clearly separate the halves of the measure.
www.musicarrangers.com /star-theory/t07.htm   (533 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for quaver
quaver The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology...
quaver • verb  his voice quavered synonyms : quiver, vibrate, tremble, shake, waver.
ARTS: A fistful of quavers; Having a famous father hasn't proved a handicap to Kyle Eastwood.
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 Music Theory / Time / Compound time beats in simple time
Tailed notes like quavers and semiquavers can be beamed in a group of three with the numeral 3 written above.
A crotchet hemiola is equivalent to two quaver triplets with every second note tied.
You play the second crotchet a triplet quaver before the beat and the third crotchet a triplet quaver after the beat.
www.musicarrangers.com /star-theory/t11.htm   (446 words)

  
 quaver definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
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verb (past and past participle qua·vered, present participle qua·ver·ing, 3rd person present singular qua·vers)
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 quaver - Synonyms from Thesaurus.com
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 Kamusi: quaver   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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quaver { Swahili: -tikisika [derived: tikisa V] }
quaver { Swahili: -tikiswa [derived: tikisa V] }
research.yale.edu /cgi-bin/swahili/lookup.cgi?Word=quaver&EngP=1   (205 words)

  
 Cheesy Quaver | What Does That Mean?
'Quavers' are the brand name of a type of cheesy corn crisp that are a funny twisted shape.
Someone with a head full of ecstacy made the visual/verbal connection and a legend was born...
I was once accused of being a cheesy quaver by someone from Norwich who was dressed in a flourescent yellow workmans jacket, white gloves and glowsticks, whistle on a rope with a Mitzubishi emblem painted on his forehead with glow-in-the-dark paint!?!?!?!
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 Dolmetsch Online - Music Theory Online - Note Groupings
The three quavers (eighth notes) are played in the time of two quavers (eighth notes), in other words the three quavers (eighth notes) divide a crotchet (quarter note) into three equal parts.
This implies that, for instance, 3 notes in a crotchet (quarter) are quavers (eighths), but 5 in a crotchet (quarter) are semiquavers (16ths).
A quaver note (eighth note) followed by two quaver rests (eighth rests) should be shown as such but two quaver rests (eighth rests) followed by a quaver note (eighth note) is best shown as a crochet rest (quarter rest) followed by a quaver note (eighth note).
www.dolmetsch.com /musictheory15.htm   (1941 words)

  
 The Mountain and the Dwarf
Not to merely climb it, which he knew to be a tremendous feat in and of it's self.
Quaver kept climbing, thousands of feet up, and only a few feet away from the half way point.
It was said that the pebbles that had rolled down off the mountain, across the river, and into the small village of Nonys, were bought and sold by the people, as trinkets in the novelty shops.
www.r-three.com /mountain_and_the_dwarf.htm   (856 words)

  
 Online Etymology Dictionary
Meaning "sing in trills or quavers" first recorded 1538.
trillio, triglio "a quavering or warbling in singing," probably of imitative origin.
"to tremble," 1490, perhaps onomatopoeic, or possibly an alteration of quaveren (see quaver), or from O.E. cwifer-, perhaps related to cwic "alive" (see quick).
www.etymonline.com /index.php?search=quaver   (71 words)

  
 Chinese Traditional Music - Rhythm   (Site not responding. Last check: )
17 recto) is made up of semi-quaver, quaver, semi-quaver, and the second bar is a semi-quaver and dotted quaver tied to a crochet.
The semi-quaver, quaver, semi-quaver pattern occurs later in the song on the second beat of a bar, the song being in two four time.
In GUAN Pinghu's playing of Chun Xiao Yin, for example, the twelfth and thirteenth bars consist of a dotted crochet, a quaver in bar 12 tied to another in bar 13, a crochet and a quaver (Guqin Qu Ji, p.200).
www.cechinatrans.demon.co.uk /ctm-rhy.html   (486 words)

  
 AnandTech: NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS 64MB
In our 64 MB GeForce review, we introduced the use of Quaver as a system stressing benchmark.
Recorded in a Quake III level where textures are known to be large, when the texture quality slider in Quake III Arena was set all the way to the right Quaver was able to cripple many of cards.
Quaver remains a good benchmark to show how cards perform on situations that previously were thought to be the highest stress possible.
www.anandtech.com /guides/showdoc.aspx?i=1263&p=11   (629 words)

  
 Scandinavian Dance Terms © 1997 by SMF
Boda polska: Quaver polska of distinctly syncopated type from Boda in Dalarna, Sweden, appropriate for the regional dance of the same name.
Norsk masurka (Norwegian Mazurka): Triple-meter rhythm of quaver type, sometimes confused, due to melodic similarities, with hambo or pols, but with emphasis characteristically on the last beat of the measure rather than the first or second beat.
Orsa polska: Quaver polska of special type and exceptionally old origin, from Orsa in Dalarna, Sweden, appropriate for the regional dance of the same name.
www.folkdancing.com /Pages/skandia/appx_b.htm   (1987 words)

  
 True Meaning Quaver Silky Suede/Black Dress Sandal
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 Quaver   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It uses material from the Wiktionary page "Quaver".
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www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Quaver.html   (105 words)

  
 Music : Symbols on Stuff: logos, icons, avatars, emoticons : CafePress.com
Quaver comes from the now archaic verb to quaver meaning to sing in trills.
This musical note is called a quaver, in the US this musical symbol is called an eighth note.
In music a quaver is a note played for one eighth the duration of a whole note, hence the name.
www.cafepress.com /symbolsonstuff/1788484   (154 words)

  
 quaver
Her voice quavered a moment and then she regained control.
to utter, say, or sing with a quavering or tremulous voice.
a quavering or tremulous shake, esp. in the voice.
www.infoplease.com /dictionary/quaver   (66 words)

  
 YouTube - Quaver
But still got along, and eventually became a group called "Quaver".
Watch their memories in this clip, and a secret surprise in the bonus track (more) (less)
me feeding a random lame looking fox with quavers....
youtube.com /?v=_sQArL57818   (100 words)

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