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diapason
[ dahy-uh-pey-zuhn, -suhn ]
noun
- a full, rich outpouring of melodious sound.
- the compass of a voice or instrument.
- a fixed standard of pitch.
- either of two principal timbres or stops of a pipe organ, one of full, majestic tone open diapason and the other of strong, flutelike tone stopped diapason.
- any of several other organ stops.
- a tuning fork.
diapason
/ -ˈsɒn-; -ˈpeɪsən; ˌdaɪəpeɪˈzɒnɪk; ˌdaɪəˈpeɪzən /
noun
- either of two stops ( open and stopped diapason ) usually found throughout the compass of a pipe organ that give it its characteristic tone colour
- the compass of an instrument or voice
- chiefly in French usage
- a standard pitch used for tuning, esp the now largely obsolete one of A above middle C = 435 hertz, known as diapason normal ( French ( djapazɔ̃ nɔrmal )
- a tuning fork or pitch pipe
- (in classical Greece) an octave
Derived Forms
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of diapason1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of diapason1
Example Sentences
There are basic groupings of sound, such as flutes, the human voice, trumpets and the diapason, which is the organ’s own sound.
Feldman was fascinated by the organ's principal pipes that produce the thickly textured diapason sounds that are pure organ, as opposed to the myriad other pipes with, say, flute-like or brass-like characters.
“Oh, Miss Lee, they’ve got the most lovely dresses,†she went on, releasing every stop in a diapason of envy.
The only stops I found available, were a very weak croaking flute, and a quavering deep pedal diapason, of sixteen feet.
The four bars are said by Plutarch to represent the elements, but it is more likely they were certain notes of the diapason.
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