to mistune
- verb
- /ˌmɪsˈtun/
:
desafinar
- When the pianist started playing, it quickly became evident that the keys had been mistuned during the last tuning session.
- mistuned intervals
Examples
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If you accidentally mistune your instrument, it can lead to an unpleasant performance.
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Pitches mistuned in the flat direction were perceived as most out of tune when performed by the trumpet at 10, 20, and 30 cents flat.
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A composition cannot achieve its full expressive potential if it is inaccurately sung, mistuned, or if the tone quality of the singers is poor.
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She found that the ability to recognize mistuned intervals varied considerably depending on the particular interval, the direction of mistuning, and music training.
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Notably, mistuned melodic intervals were judged as less out of tune for vocal performances compared to violin and trumpet performances.
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Hutchins and Peretz (2012) compared tolerance for mistuned synthesized and actual singing tones.
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Fyk (1982) studied how listeners perceived mistuned intervals of a piano within a melodic context.
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Although it is clear that music majors discriminated the intonation deviations of 30 cents, apparently they did not regard them as sufficiently mistuned to use the ratings aligned with the label 'extremely out of tune.'
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The musician realized that he had mistuned the guitar, causing the notes to sound discordant.
Synonyms
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To change a musical instrument so its pitch is different from normal
To make an instrument like a guitar or piano stop sounding in tune
Antonyms
How In Tune
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word mistune comes from the prefix mis- meaning 'wrong', like in mistake, and the word tune meaning 'to set the notes'. So to mistune an instrument is to tune it wrongly, making it sound 'out of tune' or at the wrong pitch.