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Intonation

Intonation Meaning & Definition
Intonation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Intonation?

[n] the act of singing in a monotonous tone
[n] singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong
[n] the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations
[n] rise and fall of the voice pitch

Synonyms | Synonyms for Intonation: chanting | modulation | pitch contour

Related Terms | Find terms related to Intonation: accent | accentuation | adaptation | AF | arrangement | articulation | audio frequency | bel canto | bravura | cantando | choral singing | coloratura | croon | crooning | delivery | demilegato | emphasis | execution | expression | fingering | folk singing | frequency | fundamental | fundamental tone | glissando | grammatical accent | harmonic | harmonization | hum | humming | ictus | inflection | instrumentation | intonation pattern | legato | lyricism | mezzo staccato | modulation | monotone | monotony | music-making | operatic singing | orchestration | overtone | parlando | partial | partial tone | performance | phrasing | pianism | pitch | pitch accent | pizzicato | preparation | pronunciation | rendering | rendition | repercussion | resolution | rhetorical accent | rhythmical accent | rubato | scat | scat singing | setting | singing | slur | sol-fa | sol-fa exercise | solfeggio | solmization | solution | song | speech tune | spiccato | staccato | stress accent | stress arsis | suprasegmental | suspension | thesis | tone | tone accent | tone painting | tonelessness | tonic sol-fa | touch | transcription | vocal music | vocalization | warbling | yodel | yodeling

See Also | cantillation | drone | droning | inflection | intonation pattern | monotone | music | prosody | singing | singsong | vocalizing

Intonation In Webster's Dictionary

\In`to*na"tion\, n. [See 1st {Intonate}.] A thundering; thunder. [Obs.] --Bailey.
\In`to*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. intonation. See {Intone}.] (Mus.) (a) The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale. (b) Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise; as, her intonation was false. (c) Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating, or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest. See {Intone}, v. t.

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