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Tune (tūn), n. [A variant of tone.] 1. A sound; a note; a tone. “The tune of your voices.” Shak.
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2. (Mus.) (a) A rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones for one voice or instrument, or for any number of voices or instruments in unison, or two or more such series forming parts in harmony; a melody; an air; as, a merry tune; a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm tune. See Air. (b) The state of giving the proper sound or sounds; just intonation; harmonious accordance; pitch of the voice or an instrument; adjustment of the parts of an instrument so as to harmonize with itself or with others; as, the piano, or the organ, is not in tune.
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Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh.
Shak.
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3. Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood.
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A child will learn three times as much when he is in tune, as when he . . . is dragged unwillingly to [his task].
Locke.
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Tune (tūn), v. i. 1. To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds.
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Whilst tuning to the water's fall,
The small birds sang to her.
Drayton.
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2. To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; to hum. [R.]
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