Definition of Intonation. Meaning of Intonation. Synonyms of Intonation

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Definition of Intonation

Intonation
Intonation In`to*na"tion, n. [See 1st Intonate.] A thundering; thunder. [Obs.] --Bailey.
Intonation
Intonation In`to*na"tion, n. [Cf. F. intonation. See Intone.] (Mus.) (a) The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale. (b) Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise; as, her intonation was false. (c) 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.

Meaning of Intonation from wikipedia

- Look up intonation, intonate, or intonational in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Intonation may refer to: Intonation (linguistics), variation of speaking...
- In music, just intonation or pure intonation is the tuning of musical intervals as whole number ratios (such as 3:2 or 4:3) of frequencies. An interval...
- In linguistics, intonation is the variation in pitch used to indicate the speaker's attitudes and emotions, to highlight or focus an expression, to signal...
- In music, intonation is the pitch accuracy of a musician or musical instrument. Intonation may be flat, sharp, or both, successively or simultaneously...
- (HRT), also known as rising inflection, upspeak, uptalk, or high rising intonation (HRI), is a feature of some variants of English where declarative sentences...
- prosody (/ˈprɒsədi, ˈprɒz-/) is the study of elements of speech, including intonation, stress, rhythm and loudness, that occur simultaneously with individual...
- (and, to a limited extent, prosodic) sounds in oral language: phones, intonation and the separation of syllables. To represent additional qualities of...
- lesser diesis of ratio 128:125 or 41.1 cents. 12-tone scales tuned in just intonation typically define three or four kinds of semitones. For instance, Asymmetric...
- eventually emulating typical speech intonation and rhythmic patterns. A therapist will usually begin by introducing an intonation to their patient through humming...
- Pythagorean intonation as that will make the scale sound best in tune, then reverting to other temperaments for other p****ages (just intonation for chordal...