intonation : Idioms & Phrases

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fixed intonation

  • noun the intonation of keyboard instruments where the pitch of each note is fixed and cannot be varied by the performer
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intonation pattern

  • noun intonations characteristic of questions and requests and statements
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Just intonation

  • . (Mus.) (a) The correct sounding of notes or intervals; true pitch . (b) The giving all chords and intervals in their purity or their exact mathematical ratio, or without temperament; a process in which the number of notes and intervals required in the various keys is much greater than the twelve to the octave used in systems of temperament.
Webster 1913