semiquavers in English

noun
1
a sixteenth note.
In Beethoven's music any note from the semiquaver to the minim is capable of functioning as the main beat, and such virtuosos as Liszt and Paganini simply played some of their own music as fast as possible.
noun

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1. The rapid bowed quavers of the former become the rapid staccato semiquavers of the latter.

2. Practice rhythmic literacy and notation-reading skills with this great bingo game! Use it as a starter or lesson activity to embed understanding of rhythms using minims, Crotchets, quavers and semiquavers

3. It will be noticed that the form of the notes is the same whether whole or divided into fractions; that is, there are no different forms for "Crotchets," "quavers," "semiquavers

4. VIl - a toccata for the whole ensemble in regular semiquavers - this is pulled about by sudden accelerandi and ritardandi (as if the music were being stretched and compressed like an elastic band) before a final accelerando catapults the music into the briefest section in the work.