[BITList] A.Word.A.Day--semiquaver

[John Feltham]

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Mar 8, 2010
This week's theme
Words related to 16 

This week's words
semiquaver


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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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