TUNING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for TUNING?

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Associations of "Tuning" (30 Words)

acoustic	Of or relating to the science of acoustics. Tyndall lectured on acoustics.
arpeggio	The notes of a chord played in rapid succession, either ascending or descending.
atonal	Characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality. Atonal music may be written by obscuring tonal structures or by ignoring conventional harmonies altogether.
babble	Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise. I gasped and stared and babbled Look at this.
ballad	A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship having been passed on orally from one generation to the next.
chord	Play chords on a stringed instrument. The triumphal opening chords.
chorus	A section of text spoken by the chorus in drama. Good morning we replied in chorus.
chromatic	Of an instrument able to play all the notes of the chromatic scale. A chromatic scale.
clef	A musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it.
diatonic	Of a melody or harmony constructed from a diatonic scale.
ditty	A short, simple song. A lovely little music hall ditty.
duet	Perform a duet. A simple duet for two cellos.
euphony	The tendency to make phonetic change for ease of pronunciation. The poet put euphony before mere factuality.
guitar	A stringed musical instrument, with a fretted fingerboard, typically incurved sides, and six or twelve strings, played by plucking or strumming with the fingers or a plectrum.
harmony	Agreement of opinions. Delightful cities where old and new blend in harmony.
lullaby	Sing to (someone) to get them to go to sleep. She lullabied us, she fed us.
melody	The principal part in harmonized music. We have the melody and bass of a song composed by Strozzi.
music	Music the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments or reproductions of such sounds. Tony learned to read music.
octave	The interval between the two notes at the extremes of an octave.
pop	Like a pop or with a pop. The child popped the balloon.
rhythm	A particular pattern formed by musical rhythm. The twice daily rhythms of the tides.
sing	A meeting for amateur singing. A sponsored sing to pay for the theatre.
singing	The act of singing vocal music. The singing of hymns in Latin.
soprano	A female or boy singer with a soprano voice. Soprano voice.
tenor	A singer with a tenor voice. He had a good tenor voice.
timbre	(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound. The timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely.
tonality	The harmonic effect of being in a particular key. The sonata is noteworthy for its extensive variations of mood and tonality.
treble	Sing treble. She turned back to make a double and treble check.
tremolo	A mechanism in an organ producing a tremolo effect.
whistle	Blow a whistle especially as a signal. The bullets whistled past him.