Diapason

Quick meaning: Diapason is a noun meaning (music) The musical octave.

Meaning

(music) The musical octave.

More Meanings

1. (by extension, literary) The range or scope of something, especially of notes in a scale, or of a particular musical instrument.
2. (music) A tonal grouping of the flue pipes of a pipe organ.
3. (music) One of the lowest strings on an archlute, theorbo, chitarrone, or similar bass lute-family instrument, usually unfrettable.
4. A harmonious outpouring of sound.

Example Sentences

2 to 1, which is a duple ratio, forms the [symphony] diapason

the piano curving like a conch, corollas giving out diapasons of light […]

he could hear nothing except the rattle of the crickets and the swelling diapason of the frogs […]

The glories and the beauties of form, color, and sound unite in the Grand Canyon—forms unrivaled even by the mountains, colors that vie with sunsets, and sounds that span the diapason from tempest to tinkling raindrop, from cataract to bubbling fountain.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for diapason

Depending on context, synonyms include range, scope.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include disdiapason, semidiapason, octave, tridiapason, diapente, diaphony.

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