| The opening melodic phrase is repeated throughout the piece, decorated sometimes by acciaccaturas, trills, or flowing semiquavers. |
| Occasional details of heel-and-toe footwork register strongly beside gentle quavers and semiquavers in the score. |
| More startling, his manic-depressive nature is expressed by sudden changes of tempo, juxtaposing passages in semiquavers with slow-moving minims and semibreves. |
| Yes, dear Madame, Lucette will be walking through life with an escort of four flats and twelve semiquavers into the bargain. |
| We may not all know how many semiquavers make a minim, but we know what kind of music helps us to relax after a hard day. |
| One recurrent motif I noted in the book of 1980 was the group of eight quavers or semiquavers beginning off the beat, a simple signature. |
