nnoun.communicationa succession of notes forming a distinctive sequenceSynset:air line melodic line melodic phrase melody strain
Examples:- she was humming an air from Beethoven
Derivationally Related Form:melodizemelodious
Hypernyms:music
Inherited Hypernyms:tunemusicauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:fanfareflourishglissandoidealeitmotifleitmotivmelodic thememusical themepartrouladesignaturesignature tunethemetheme songtucketvoice
Part Meronyms:musical phrase phrase
Full Hyponyms:accompanimentaugmentationbasscantodescantdiminutionfigured bassflourishglissandoground bassinversionleitmotivmotifobbligatopartpartitaprimorouladesecondosignaturestatementswoopthemetheme songvampvariationvoice part
nnoun.attributethe property of producing accurately a note of a given pitchExamples:- he cannot sing in tune
- the clarinet was out of tune
Derivationally Related Form:tune
Hypernyms:pitch
Inherited Hypernyms:tunepitchsound propertypropertyattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.actthe adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequencyHypernyms:adjustment alteration modification
Inherited Hypernyms:tunealterationchangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.changeadjust for (better) functioningSynset:tune up
Derivationally Related Form:tuningtune-up
Hypernyms:adjust correct set
Inherited Hypernyms:tuneadjustchange
Direct Hyponyms:fine-tuneservicetune intweak
Full Troponyms:fine-tuneservicetune in
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changeadjust the pitches of (musical instruments)Synset:tune up
Examples:- My piano needs to be tuned
Antonyms:untune
Derivationally Related Form:tunetuningtuner
Hypernyms:adjust correct set
Inherited Hypernyms:tuneadjustchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something