tuning
Britishnoun
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a set of pitches to which the open strings of a guitar, violin, etc, are tuned
the normal tuning on a violin is G, D, A, E
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the accurate pitching of notes and intervals by a choir, orchestra, etc; intonation
Example Sentences
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Yet Voisard believes people are increasingly tuning into animal livestreams to escape artificiality.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026
Whether all of that was worth the cost, let alone worth tuning into, is up for debate.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026
The sheer scale of space and what’s being attempted made tuning in to see NASA’s Artemis II External link launch Wednesday night worthwhile.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
An ascent by American climber Alex Honnald up a Taiwan skyscraper earlier this year was also streamed live on Netflix, with a reported 6.2 million people tuning in.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
It is clear that the outer notes were a perfect fourth apart, but the exact tuning of the inner notes is not certain.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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