2. Adjective. Incorrectly tuned ¹
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Definition of Mistuned
1. mistune [v] - See also: mistune
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mistuned
Literary usage of Mistuned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The beats of mistuned consonant intervals other than the beats of harmonics are
produced by the ... If the third be mistuned, beats are heard on that note. ..."
2. On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music by Hermann von Helmholtz (1912)
"Now this relation is of great importance in the practice of music, for in the
table it will 11 be seen that the mistuned Fifth gives the interval b' g", ..."
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