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DIAPASON (Gr. &a raccov, through all)

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 166 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DIAPASON (Gr. &a raccov, through all)  , a See also:term in See also:music, originally for an See also:interval of an See also:octave . The See also:Greek is an See also:abbreviation of it &a ravWV Xopbav ovµikovia, a consonance through all the tones of the See also:scale . In this sense it is only used now, loosely, for the See also:compass of an See also:instrument or See also:voice, or for a harmonious See also:melody . The name is given to the two See also:foundation stops of an See also:organ, the open and the stopped See also:diapason (see ORGAN), and to a See also:standard of musical See also:pitch, as in the See also:French diapason normal (see PITCH, MUSICAL) .

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