semiquaver

Converse of object

• run: Marked con fuoco, there are running semiquavers on the violin from the third idea.

Modifies a noun

• figuration: The last movement of the B major employs a contrapuntal semiquaver figuration with hints of elements from the previous two movements.
• figure: In ' Awaiting Execution ' the atmosphere is set with a morbid semiquaver figure set an octave below.
• pattern: The second verse returns to the faster semiquaver pattern which develops into runs, sometimes chromatic, up and down the keyboard.
• chord: Most players take this piece at crotchet = 120 or more, and at this speed the semiquaver chords are separated by 125 milliseconds.