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tune - a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" |
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melody,
air,
strain,
line |
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music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest"
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tucket,
fanfare,
flourish (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"
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glissando a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale
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roulade (music) an elaborate run of several notes sung to one syllable
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leitmotif,
leitmotiv a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)
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theme song a melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie
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signature tune,
theme song,
signature a melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie
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melodic theme,
musical theme,
idea,
theme the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind"
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voice,
part a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated; "the voice of the law"; "the Times is not the voice of New York"; "conservatism has many voices"
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musical phrase,
phrase dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence
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tune - the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch; "he cannot sing in tune"; "the clarinet was out of tune" |
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pitch the action or manner of throwing something; "his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor"
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tune - the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency |
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alteration,
modification,
adjustment the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
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tune - adjust for (better) functioning; "tune the engine" |
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adjust,
correct,
set adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
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fine-tune,
tweak adjust finely; "fine-tune the engine"
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service make fit for use; "service my truck"; "the washing machine needs to be serviced"
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tune in regulate (a radio or television set) in order to receive a certain station or program
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tune - adjust the pitches of (musical instruments); "My piano needs to be tuned" |
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untune cause to be out of tune; "Don't untune that string!"
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adjust,
correct,
set adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
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