quaver

[US]/'kweɪvə/
[UK]/'kwevɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. at ryste
vi. at ryste; at frembringe en vibrerende lyd
n. ottendedelsnote; rystelse; rysten
Word Forms
Pluralquavers
Present Participlequavering
Third Person Singularquavers
Past Participlequavered
Past Tensequavered

Example Sentences

to speak in a quavering voice

at tale med en vibrerende stemme

He spoke with a reedy, quavering voice.

Han talte med en fløjtelignende, vibrerende stemme.

There was a quaver in her voice.

Der var en vibrato i hendes stemme.

He quavered out folk songs.

Han sang folkemelodier med vibrato.

The quavering voice grew louder filling the room.

Den vaklende stemme blev højere og fyldte rummet.

Thus a stem with two flags, so called from their appearance, indicates a 16th note or semiquaver, a note of half the duration of a stem with one flag, an 8th note or quaver, and so on.

Således indikerer en stang med to flag, såkaldte på grund af deres udseende, en 16-dels note eller en triol, en note af halv længde i forhold til en stang med et flag, en 8-dels note eller en kvartnote, og så videre.

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