diapason

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The musical octave.

   “2 to 1, which is a duple ratio, forms the [symphony] diapason”

2. isim The range or scope of something, especially of notes in a scale, or of a particular musical instrument.

   “The glories and the beauties of form, color, and sound unite in the Grand Canyon—forms unrivaled even by the mountains, colors that vie with sunsets, and sounds that span the diapason from tempest to tinkling raindrop, from cataract to bubbling fountain.”

3. isim A tonal grouping of the flue pipes of a pipe organ.
4. isim One of the lowest strings on an archlute, theorbo, chitarrone, or similar bass lute-family instrument, usually unfrettable.
5. isim A harmonious outpouring of sound.

   “he could hear nothing except the rattle of the crickets and the swelling diapason of the frogs […]”