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retune

/ riːˈtjuːn /

verb

  1. to tune (a musical instrument) differently or again

  2. to tune (a radio, television, etc) to a different frequency

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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So you had all the tracks, and then back into the computer they went, to retune them.

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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.

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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?"

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Listen at all times and be ready to retune any note whenever necessary.

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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.

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