intonation
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "intonation"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰāĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋ

(phonetics) the rising and falling of the voice when speaking
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Different languages have distinct intonation patterns, such as the rising intonation at the end of yes-no questions in English, as in ' Are you coming?
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϤāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰāĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āύ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ-āύāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰāĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ, 'Are you coming?' āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋
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the action of singing in a monotone or unvarying pitch

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Students practiced intonation to avoid a flat delivery.
03

the singing by a soloist of the opening phrase in plainsong or chant

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The intonation marked the start of the Gregorian chant.
04

the production of musical tones, particularly the precision of pitch by voice or instrument

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He adjusted his intonation to match the piano.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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