On this page you'll find 6 example sentences with Quaver. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as sound or trill and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Quaver meaning
- A trembling shake.
- A trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.
- an eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail.
Synonyms of Quaver
Using Quaver
- The main meaning on this page is: A trembling shake. | A trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing. | an eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail.
- Useful related words include: sound, trill, warble, vocalise.
Context around Quaver
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Quaver
- In this selection, "quaver" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, semi, note, eighth, beats and pattern stand out and add context to how "quaver" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include beat a quaver or semi and breaks into quaver eighth note. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "quaver" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with quaver
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
For instance, main means two quarter-note (crotchet) beats per bar— main means three eighth-note (quaver) beats per bar. (20 words)
The melodic writing often breaks into quaver (eighth-note) motion, tending to undermine the minim (half-note) pulse with surface detail. (21 words)
The quaver pattern is often supported by other instruments such as the rhythm guitar and may be implied rather than explicitly present. (22 words)
Just so we have no doubt either of intention or execution, a certain Abu Jamal, the sargana of a Tashkar outfit, is made to quaver after his wicked plans of blowing up humans appear to go astray: is it America, or Roosia, or the Mossad? (45 words)
Most disco songs have a steady four-on-the-floor beat, a quaver or semi-quaver hi-hat pattern with an open hi-hat on the off-beat, and a heavy, syncopated bass line. (34 words)
All reels have the same structure, consisting largely of quaver (eighth note) movement with an accent on the first and third beats of the bar. (25 words)
Just so we have no doubt either of intention or execution, a certain Abu Jamal, the sargana of a Tashkar outfit, is made to quaver after his wicked plans of blowing up humans appear to go astray: is it America, or Roosia, or the Mossad? (45 words)
Example sentences (6)
Most disco songs have a steady four-on-the-floor beat, a quaver or semi-quaver hi-hat pattern with an open hi-hat on the off-beat, and a heavy, syncopated bass line.
Just so we have no doubt either of intention or execution, a certain Abu Jamal, the sargana of a Tashkar outfit, is made to quaver after his wicked plans of blowing up humans appear to go astray: is it America, or Roosia, or the Mossad?
All reels have the same structure, consisting largely of quaver (eighth note) movement with an accent on the first and third beats of the bar.
For instance, main means two quarter-note (crotchet) beats per bar— main means three eighth-note (quaver) beats per bar.
The melodic writing often breaks into quaver (eighth-note) motion, tending to undermine the minim (half-note) pulse with surface detail.
The quaver pattern is often supported by other instruments such as the rhythm guitar and may be implied rather than explicitly present.