About The Word Tune

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Tune

Tune Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Tune?
[n] a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
[v] of musical instruments; "My piano needs to be tuned" [v] adjust for functioning; "tune the engine" Synonyms | Synonyms for Tune: air | line | melodic line | melodic phrase | melody | strain | tune up Related Terms | Find terms related to Tune: See Also | adjust | fanfare | fine-tune | flourish | glissando | idea | leitmotif | leitmotiv | melodic theme | music | musical phrase | musical theme | part | phrase | roulade | service | set | signature | signature tune | theme | theme song | tune in | tweak | voice Tune In Webster's Dictionary \Tune\, n. [A variant of tone.]
1. A sound; a note; a tone. ``The tune of your voices.''
--Shak.
2. (Mus.)
(a) A rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones
for one voice or instrument, or for any number of
voices or instruments in unison, or two or more such
series forming parts in harmony; a melody; an air; as,
a merry tune; a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm
tune. See {Air}.
(b) The state of giving the proper, sound or sounds; just
intonation; harmonious accordance; pitch of the voice
or an instrument; adjustment of the parts of an
instrument so as to harmonize with itself or with
others; as, the piano, or the organ, is not in tune.
Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh.
--Shak.
3. Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or
humor; right mood.
A child will learn three times as much when he is in
tune, as when he . . . is dragged unwillingly to
[his task]. --Locke.
\Tune\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tuned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tuning}.] 1. To put into a state adapted to produce the proper sounds; to harmonize, to cause to be in tune; to correct the tone of; as, to tune a piano or a violin. `` Tune your harps.'' --Dryden. 2. To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious. For now to sorrow must I tune my song. --Milton. 3. To sing with melody or harmony. Fountains, and ye, that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise. --Milton. 4. To put into a proper state or disposition. --Shak. \Tune\, v. i. 1. To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds. Whilst tuning to the water's fall, The small birds sang to her. --Drayton. 2. To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; to hum. [R.] |
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