Definition of intonation

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Intonation (n.) The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.

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Vocalize :: Vocalize (v. t.) To form into voice; to make vocal or sonant; to give intonation or resonance to.
Tune :: Tune (n.) 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..
Intonation :: Intonation (n.) 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..
Orotundity :: Orotundity (n.) The orotund mode of intonation.
Tonic :: Tonic (a.) Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (Phon.), applied to, or distingshing, a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, such sounds, namely, the vowels and diphthongs, being so called by Dr. James Rush (1833) from their forming the purest and most plastic material of intonation..
Intonation :: Intonation (n.) Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise; as, her intonation was false..
Enharmonical :: Enharmonical (a.) Pertaining to a scale of perfect intonation which recognizes all the notes and intervals that result from the exact tuning of diatonic scales and their transposition into other keys.
Vocal :: Vocal (a.) Of or pertaining to a vowel or voice sound; also, /poken with tone, intonation, and resonance; sonant; sonorous; -- said of certain articulate sounds..
Intonation :: Intonation (n.) A thundering; thunder.
Intonation :: Intonation (n.) The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.
Elocution :: Elocution (n.) Oratorical or expressive delivery, including the graces of intonation, gesture, etc.; style or manner of speaking or reading in public; as, clear, impressive elocution..
Enharmonically :: Enharmonically (adv.) In the enharmonic style or system; in just intonation.
Aha :: Aha (interj.) An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise..
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