Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cross-tuning

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables: cross--tun-ing
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of cross-tune

noun

A system of tuning a musical instrument to pitches other than the accepted standard: for example, tuning one or more strings of a violin to pitches other than the commonly accepted GDAE.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

cross-tunings (plural)

Synonyms

scordatura

Questions

What does cross-tuning mean?: present participle and gerund of cross-tune

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