semiquaver
PRONUNCIATION:
(SEM-ee-kway-vuhr)
MEANING:
noun: In music, a note having the time value of one-sixteenth of a whole note.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin semi- (half) + quaver (an eighth note). Also called demiquaver. Also see hemidemisemiquaver.
USAGE:
"Synchronising film and music is tough enough in a modern movie, but spare a semiquaver of sympathy for Dmitri Shostakovich."
Conrad Walters; Film and Music Marry as Composer Settles Old Score; The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia); Nov 5, 2008.
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I have never gone to sleep with a grievance against anyone. And, as far as I could, I have never let anyone go to sleep with a grievance against me. -Abba Agathon, monk (4th/5th century)
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