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diapason
[ dahy-uh-pey-zuhn, -suhn ]
noun
- a full, rich outpouring of melodious sound.
- the compass of a voice or instrument.
- a fixed standard of pitch.
- 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.
- any of several other organ stops.
- a tuning fork.
diapason
/ -藞s蓲n-; -藞pe瑟s蓹n; 藢da瑟蓹pe瑟藞z蓲n瑟k; 藢da瑟蓹藞pe瑟z蓹n /
noun
- either of two stops ( open and stopped diapason ) usually found throughout the compass of a pipe organ that give it its characteristic tone colour
- the compass of an instrument or voice
- chiefly in French usage
- a standard pitch used for tuning, esp the now largely obsolete one of A above middle C = 435 hertz, known as diapason normal ( French ( djapaz蓴虄 n蓴rmal )
- a tuning fork or pitch pipe
- (in classical Greece) an octave
Derived Forms
- 诲颈补藞辫补蝉辞苍补濒, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 诲颈顎卆路辫补顎僺辞苍路补濒 adjective
- 蝉耻产顎卍颈路补路辫补顎僺辞苍 noun
- 蝉耻产顎卍颈路补路辫补顎僺辞苍路al adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of diapason1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of diapason1
Example Sentences
There are basic groupings of sound, such as flutes, the human voice, trumpets and the diapason, which is the organ鈥檚 own sound.
Feldman was fascinated by the organ's principal pipes that produce the thickly textured diapason sounds that are pure organ, as opposed to the myriad other pipes with, say, flute-like or brass-like characters.
鈥淥h, Miss Lee, they鈥檝e got the most lovely dresses,鈥 she went on, releasing every stop in a diapason of envy.
The only stops I found available, were a very weak croaking flute, and a quavering deep pedal diapason, of sixteen feet.
The four bars are said by Plutarch to represent the elements, but it is more likely they were certain notes of the diapason.
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