retune
Britishverb
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to tune (a musical instrument) differently or again
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to tune (a radio, television, etc) to a different frequency
Example Sentences
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So you had all the tracks, and then back into the computer they went, to retune them.
From New York Times
When I played the guitar, if I broke a string, I wouldn’t change it — I’d just retune the other strings to an open tuning.
From New York Times
Pausing to retune her guitar, she said: "Does anyone have any questions for me?" - to which the reply came back, "What's your favourite colour?"
From BBC
In constructing a just-intonation tuning, it matters which steps of the scale are major whole tones and which are minor whole tones, so an instrument tuned exactly to play with just intonation in the key of C major will have to retune to play in C sharp major or D major.
From Literature
Listen at all times and be ready to retune any note whenever necessary.
From Literature
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