tune

Noun
  1. A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence (synset 107041860)
    "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
    is a type of: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
    subtypes:
    • fanfare, flourish, tucket - (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
    • glissando - a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale
    • roulade - (music) an elaborate run of several notes sung to one syllable
    • leitmotif, leitmotiv - a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)
    • theme song - a melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie
    • signature, signature tune, theme song - a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program
    • idea, melodic theme, musical theme, theme - (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
    • part, voice - the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
    has: musical phrase, phrase - a short musical passage
    same as: air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain
  2. The property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch (synset 104994418)
    "he cannot sing in tune"; "the clarinet was out of tune"
    is a type of: pitch - the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
  3. The adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency (synset 101002785)
    is a type of: adjustment, alteration, modification - the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
Verb
  1. Adjust for (better) functioning (synset 200296747)
    "tune the engine"
    is a type of: adjust, correct, set - alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
    subtypes:
    • fine-tune, tweak - adjust finely
    • service - make fit for use
    • tune in - regulate (a radio or television set) in order to receive a certain station or program
    same as: tune up
  2. Adjust the pitches of (musical instruments) (synset 200296127)
    "My piano needs to be tuned"
    is a type of: adjust, correct, set - alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
    same as: tune up

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