To tune, adjust the pitch of (a musical instrument). Obsolete except as in 15b.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > tune [verb (transitive)] (32) temperc1300 To tune, adjust the pitch of (a musical instrument). Obsolete except as in 15b. set?1473 To tune (an instrument). Obsolete. tune1505 transitive. To adjust the tones of (a musical instrument) to a standard of pitch; to bring into condition for producing the required sounds… entune1523 To bring (a voice or instrument) into tune. modulatec1570 transitive. To vary the tone, pitch, or strength of (one's voice, a note, etc.); to vary or inflect in tone; to give tune or melody to, to adapt to… retune1606 transitive. To tune (a musical instrument) again. Also: to make tuneful again. Also figurative. to tune upa1718 transitive. To bring (an instrument) up to the proper pitch, to put in tune (= 1); also figurative (cf. 2). Now usually absol. attune1728 To bring (a musical instrument) to the right pitch; to tune. Also figurative. Subcategories:— according to temperament (1) — fine tune (1) — be in tune with (1) — bring into harmony (4) — put out of tune (4) — tune strings (11) — tune piano (1) — tune organ (1) |
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