Definition of "semiquaver" []

• Chiefly British A sixteenth note. (noun)

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• "In It's Gonna Rain, the voice of a Pentecostal preacher is looped at gradually different speeds, creating a sumptuous sonic texture, and in Piano Phase the pianists have to move in and out of phase with one another, subtly shifting from one semiquaver of a melodic pattern to the next."
• "She knew it off by heart - every bar, every semiquaver, every harmony."
• "There's this 8 note semiquaver part that's damn damn fast and i still cant get it right."