| 词汇 | semiquaver |
| 释义 | semiquaver noun[ C ] mainly UKuk /ˈsem.iˌkweɪ.vər/ us /ˈsem.iˌkweɪ.vɚ/(US usuallysixteenth note) a musical note that has a time value of half a quaver or a 16th of a semibreve: 十六分音符 The concerto ends with a dazzling burst of semiquavers. The low G natural is only a semiquaver long. djvstock/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages The violins play rapid semiquaver counter-melodies to add excitement to the piece. The delicate semiquaver figures had the audience on the edge of their seats. Beats or lengths of musical notes backbeat bar bar line breakbeat common time eighth half note hemidemisemiquaver major seventh major sixth major third metre ninth perfect fifth perfect fourth quadruple quarter note quaver quintuple semibreve You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Technical music terms Examples of semiquaversemiquaver The accompaniment soon gives way to a semiquaver wheedling figure, painting the epidermal 'worm' that belies the serene countenance (bars 20-21). There are occasional points where vocal semiquavers contrast with instrumental triplets and sextuplets. It opens with a series of fanfare-like gestures in the strings, punctuated by sonorous chords and driving semiquaver figuration from the piano. Although they can be as short as a single semiquaver or as long as sixteen bars, they typically consist of a single instrumental pattern. This introduction of semiquavers lends urgency to the speaker's desire in line 5 to go with her lover. The soloist typically sings over repeated semiquaver viola figures - there are no violins - at the upper, more mellifluous end of his range. The piano has the same groupings but starting a semiquaver later. After a short introduction from the solo violin the movement is dominated by material built on semiquaver runs and ostinati. The woodwind/strings have semiquaver thirds in groups of seven, with each group separated from the next by a semiquaver rest. The orchestra also joins with the chorus, finally abandoning its urgent semiquaver scales. The various forms of the semiquaver figure serve to divide bars 1-108 into three sections. The piano had a punctuating crotchet chordal motif while the flute part was a melodic, demi- and semiquaver ascending/descending motif with volume changes. The vocalist has to give the lead here, and much depends on the clarity of the opening two semiquavers. The text, of course, justifies this change: the excited murmur of the disputing singers finds its perfect illustration in their simultaneous semiquavers. Numbers also determine the order of the five different durations used (1 unit=1 semiquaver). These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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