Intonation
WordNet
noun
(1) The production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations
(2) The act of singing in a monotonous tone
(3) Singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong
(4) Rise and fall of the voice pitch
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.
- Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise; as, her intonation was false.
- Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest.
Related terms
- intonable
- intonate
- intonational
- intonationally
- intonator
- intone
- intoner