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Diapason
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Diapason
see synonyms of diapasonnoun music
1.
either of two stops (open and stopped diapason) usually found throughout the compass of a pipe organ that give it its characteristic tone colour
2.
the compass of an instrument or voice
3. (chiefly in French usage)
a.
a standard pitch used for tuning, esp the now largely obsolete one of A above middle C = 435 hertz, known as diapason normal (French(djapazɔ̃ nɔrmal)
b.
a tuning fork or pitch pipe
4.
(in classical Greece) an octave
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Diapason
see synonyms of diapason noun
1.
a.
the entire range of a musical instrument or voice
b.
the entire range of some activity, emotion, etc.
2.
one of the principal stops of an organ, covering the instrument's complete range and producing its characteristic tone quality
3.
a swelling burst of harmony
4.
a standard of musical pitch
5.
a tuning fork
6. Obsolete
the interval of an octave
7. Obsolete
complete harmony
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Diapason
see synonyms of diapasonn.
1. A full, rich outpouring of harmonious sound.
2. The entire range of an instrument or voice.
3. Either of the two principal stops on a pipe organ that form the tonal basis for the entire scale of the instrument.
4. The interval and the consonance of an octave.
5. A standard indication of pitch.
6. A tuning fork.
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