intonation English

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intonation Noun

— Intonation is act of intoning or chanting. I could hear the intonations of the priest in the church.

— Intonation is the rise and fall in the pitch of a voice. I could tell from his intonation that he was a German speaker.

— Intonation is the ability to play or sing a musical note in tune. He needed to work on his intonation as he was often out of tune on the higher notes.

intonation

— noun rise and fall of the voice pitch

— noun the act of singing in a monotonous tone

— noun singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong

— noun the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations

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intonation English » English

tone

modulation

tune

accent

pitch

tonality

sound

melody

inflection

cadence

timbre

rhythm

pitch contour

chanting

utterance

twang

tuna

ton

stress

strain

speech

resonance

prosody

prosodic

pronunciation

pitch accent

peal

note

noise

musical accent

melodic accent

meaning

lilt

intoning

ictus

harmony

exordium

enunciation

cadency

beat

accentuation

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  pitch tone note frequency inflection intonation modulation overtone tune tonality