intonation

The intonation is a term in the music and in the phonetics .

Music:

• the tuning of the pitch, especially for string, plucked and wind instruments as well as for singing,
• the short introduction to a piece of music,
• Intonation (keyboard instruments) , the coordination of volume and timbre of keyboard instruments, especially the difficult and labor-intensive balancing of sounds in pianos, grand pianos and organ pipes .
• Psalmody , the melodic beginning of each psalm tone before the recitation tone.

For an overview, see Intonation (Music) .

In phonetics:

• Intonation (linguistics) , the course of pitch within a sentence or speech act.

See also:

Wiktionary: Intonation  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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