intonation

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intonation (enc)

Noun	1.	intonation - rise and fall of the voice pitch pitch contour, modulation prosody, inflection - the patterns of stress and intonation in a language intonation pattern - intonations characteristic of questions and requests and statements droning, monotone, drone - an unchanging intonation singsong - a regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation
	2.	intonation - singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong singing, vocalizing - the act of singing vocal music
	3.	intonation - the act of singing in a monotonous tone chanting singing, vocalizing - the act of singing vocal music cantillation - liturgical chanting
	4.	intonation - the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" fixed intonation - the intonation of keyboard instruments where the pitch of each note is fixed and cannot be varied by the performer

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