The accompaniment soon gives way to asemiquaverwheedling figure, painting the epidermal 'worm' that belies the serene countenance (bars 20-21).From theCambridge English Corpus
There are occasional points where vocal semiquavers contrast with instrumental triplets and sextuplets.From theCambridge English Corpus
It opens with a series of fanfare-like gestures in the strings, punctuated by sonorous chords and drivingsemiquaverfiguration from the piano.From theCambridge English Corpus
Although they can be as short as a singlesemiquaveror as long as sixteen bars, they typically consist of a single instrumental pattern.From theCambridge English Corpus
This introduction of semiquavers lends urgency to the speaker's desire in line 5 to go with her lover.From theCambridge English Corpus
The soloist typically sings over repeatedsemiquaverviola figures - there are no violins - at the upper, more mellifluous end of his range.From theCambridge English Corpus
The piano has the same groupings but starting asemiquaverlater.From theCambridge English Corpus
After a short introduction from the solo violin the movement is dominated by material built onsemiquaverruns and ostinati.From theCambridge English Corpus
The woodwind/strings havesemiquaverthirds in groups of seven, with each group separated from the next by asemiquaverrest.From theCambridge English Corpus
The orchestra also joins with the chorus, finally abandoning its urgentsemiquaverscales.From theCambridge English Corpus
The various forms of thesemiquaverfigure serve to divide bars 1-108 into three sections.From theCambridge English Corpus
The piano had a punctuating crotchet chordal motif while the flute part was a melodic, demi- andsemiquaverascending/descending motif with volume changes.From theCambridge English Corpus
The vocalist has to give the lead here, and much depends on the clarity of the opening two semiquavers.From theCambridge English Corpus
The text, of course, justifies this change: the excited murmur of the disputing singers finds its perfect illustration in their simultaneous semiquavers.From theCambridge English Corpus
Numbers also determine the order of the five different durations used (1 unit=1semiquaver).From theCambridge English Corpus
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