gamut
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈɡæmət/
- Archaic
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- The orchestra played a beautiful piece that showcased the entire gamut of musical notes.
- the color gamut
Examples
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However, new movements (jazz, rock, punk, and rap) and associated lifestyles were soon incorporated into the existing gamut of music variants, and fashionable boutiques began to sell the appropriate gear to settled people of the new middle classes.
Academic text (1994) -
In the concert, the singer's voice covered a wide gamut of sounds, from soft melodies to powerful high notes.
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In sum, the gamut to which the students were exposed ranges from pentatonic scales to heptatonic ragas and mixtures of both.
Academic text (2016) -
I can play the lute and know its gamut, notes, notation, and the crescendo and diminuendo (193-94).
Academic text (1991) -
The music festival featured artists from all genres, presenting a rich gamut of musical styles.
Synonyms
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4.3
A series of musical notes ordered by pitch
The full range of notes that an instrument or voice can make
How Wide
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word gamut comes from old music words gamma (a Greek letter) and ut (the old name for a musical note). At first it named the 'lowest note', and then it came to mean the 'complete scale', which is why gamut today means the 'full range of musical notes'.