How to pronounce “diapason”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (music) The musical octave.
• (by extension, literary) The range or scope of something, especially of notes in a scale, or of a particular musical instrument.
• (music) A tonal grouping of the flue pipes of a pipe organ.
• (music) One of the lowest strings on an archlute, theorbo, chitarrone, or similar bass lute-family instrument, usually unfrettable.
• A harmonious outpouring of sound.

Practice Nearby Words

diapason stop, disdiapason, semidiapason, perfect octave, octave, octave species, tridiapason, diapente, diaphony, augmented octave, octachord, diminished octave, superoctave, tone, musical interval, great octave, scale, contra-octave, quindecima, octaviation, diatonic scale, octavation, pentatone, tetrachord, ditone, pentatonic scale, compound interval, tenth, octavate, second, fifteenth, octatonic scale, seventeenth, diatonicism, decima, fourteenth, chromatic scale, septenary, perfect fourth, fourth, diesis, demitone, dodecaphonism, modal scale, gamut, perfect interval, twelfth, octuor, decachord, suboctave, pentachord, heptachord, dodecuple scale, minor ninth, sesquioctave, semidiapente, dodecaphonist, semitone, diatessaron, aggregate, leading tone, dodecaphony, millioctave, octave flute, interval, octave clef, decachordon, ninth, pentatonic, hexatone, apotome, contraoctave, octet, eleventh, wolf interval, overtone, scale degree, quadtone, peal, duodecaphony, major second, dichord, tonality, semidiatessaron, heptadecad, seventh, sext, quarter tone, pseudo-octave, major interval, octapody, whole tone, a440, halftone, dodecuplet, savart, mediant, quadricinium, thirteenth, septimole

Similar Sounds

diapason, dispassion, diocesan, dead person, dopson, dapsone, disperson, tabassum, dioxin, dyson, dietician, dobson, dietitian, davison, denison, dennison, trypsin, dupin, dunson, damascene, dickison, diabase, davisson, deep ocean, dysan, diabesity, deaf person