2. Verb. (third-person singular of quaver) ¹
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Definition of Quavers
1. quaver [v] - See also: quaver
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quavers
Literary usage of Quavers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by ed Andrew Findlater, John Merry Ross (1868)
"The figures of the denominator are either 2, 4, 8, or 16, which stand for minims,
crotchets, quavers, and semiquavers respectively (ie, halves, fourths, ..."
2. A Complete Dictionary of Music: To which is Prefixed a Familiar Introduction ...by Thomas Busby by Thomas Busby (1811)
"Three Crotchets in a bar. g Three quavers in a bar. ... And a species of Triple
Time, consisting of Nine quavers in a bar, or ^ Nine Crotchets in a bar. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, George Grove (1880)
"Such a passage occurs in the Allegro of Beethoven's Sonata in Ab, op. 26, in
which the quavers alone are marked legato, ..."
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