Diapason Synonyms

dīə-pāzən, -sən
Either of the two main stops on a pipe organ
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. diapason stop

Words Related to Diapason

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. bourdon
  2. dulciana
  3. salicional
  4. clarabella
  5. Lieblich
  6. tromba
  7. Geigen
  8. 16ft
  9. flote
  10. tremulant
  11. diapasons
  12. Gedact
  13. Gedackt
  14. cornopean
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Diapason Sentence Examples

  • This is about a semitone below the Diapason Normal, and a just minor third lower than the St Jacobi organ in the same city (1688), measured by Herr Schmahl, a' 489.2.

  • But Zarlino uncompromisingly declared that the syntonous or intense diatonic scale was the only form that could reasonably be sung; and in proof of its perfection he exhibited the exact arrangement of its various diatonic intervals, to the fifth inclusive, in every part of the diapason or octave.

  • Sir Frederick Gore Ouseley (vide Ellis's lecture) regarded the French ton de chapelle as being about a minor third below the Diapason Normal, a' 435, and said that most of the untouched organs in the French cathedrals were at this low pitch.

  • But the Philharmonic Society adopted the Diapason Normal in 1896, and the military bands have not gone with it.

  • Other countries have gradually followed, and, with few exceptions, the low pitch derived from the Diapason Normal may be said to prevail throughout the musical world.

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