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n. - A musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note.

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  • She knew it off by heart - every bar, every semiquaver, every harmony.
  • He was the only one who could not sing a note, and his rank was dotted demi-semiquaver rest.
  • 'I am the breve, Carlo here is the semibreve, he is the crotchet, he is the quaver, and that lad in the sea is a semiquaver, and little Piero here is a...
  • The second violins' semiquaver figure is analysed.
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