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noun Music.
1.
a full, rich outpouring of melodious sound.
2.
the compass of a voice or instrument.
3.
a fixed standard of pitch.
4.
either of two principal timbres or stops of a pipe organ, one of full, majestic tone (open diapason) and the other of strong, flutelike tone (stopped diapason).
5.
EXPANDany of several other organ stops.
6.
COLLAPSEa tuning fork.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English diapasoun < Latin diapāsōn the whole octave < Greek dià pāsôn (chordôn) through all (the notes), short for hē dià pāsôn chordôn symphōnía the concord through all the notes of the scale
1350–1400; Middle English diapasoun < Latin diapāsōn the whole octave < Greek dià pāsôn (chordôn) through all (the notes), short for hē dià pāsôn chordôn symphōnía the concord through all the notes of the scale
Related forms
di·a·pa·son·al, adjective
sub·di·a·pa·son, noun
sub·di·a·pa·son·al, adjective
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Diapason
is always a great word to know.
So is whole note. Does it mean:
| note equivalent in duration to four quarter notes |
| chord of three tones, one consisting of a given tone with its major or minor third augmented |
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diapason
(from Greek dia pason chordon: "through all the strings"), in medieval music, the interval, or distance between notes, encompassing all degrees of the scale-i.e., the octave. In French, diapason indicates the range of a voice and is also the word for a tuning fork and for pitch
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