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How to pronounce tune in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms tune up
Type of adjust, set, correct
Derivation tuner, tuning


My piano needs to be tuned.
Type Words
Synonyms tune up
Type of set, correct, adjust
Has types service, fine-tune, tweak, tune in
Derivation tuning


tune the engine.
Type Words
Synonyms air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain
Type of music
Has types signature tune, theme, theme song, tucket, voice, signature, fanfare, flourish, glissando, idea, leitmotif, leitmotiv, melodic theme, musical theme, part, roulade
Type Words
Type of adjustment, modification, alteration
Type Words
Type of pitch


he cannot sing in tune.
the clarinet was out of tune.

Examples of tune

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Tune in to find out who wins and who loses in J.D. Power's newly released study.
From the businessweek.com
This sinister, socially conscious tune was a result of Davies'nervous breakdown.
From the sfgate.com
He's been practicing kung fu for 20 years, and he helped us fine-tune the moves.
From the stltoday.com
For a full Africa report, tune into this month's issue of Casey's Energy Report.
From the forbes.com
Vettel's miles in front, most likely humming a little satisfied tune to himself.
From the telegraph.co.uk
You have to be ready to wait, fine-tune your attacking strategy and stick to it.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Well they are Obama's largest contributor to the tune of over a million dollars.
From the forbes.com
So, will this year be Stafford's coming out party to the tune of Marino's debut?
From the freep.com
I guess singing low and out of tune doesnt sound as bad as High and out of tune.
From the orlandosentinel.com
More examples
  • A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
  • Adjust for (better) functioning; "tune the engine"
  • Adjust the pitches of (musical instruments); "My piano needs to be tuned"
  • The property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch; "he cannot sing in tune"; "the clarinet was out of tune"
  • The adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency
  • (tuning) (music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency
  • In folk music, a tune is a short instrumental piece, a melody, often with repeating sections, and usually played a number of times. The most common form for tunes in folk music is AABB, also known as binary form.
  • A melody (from Greek u03BCu03B5u03BBu1FF3u03B4u03AFu03B1, melu014Didu00EDa, "singing, chanting"), also tune, voice, or line, is a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity. In its most literal sense, a melody is a combination of pitch and rhythm, while more figuratively, the term can include successions of other musical elements such as tonal color...
  • Winx Club is a 2004 Italian animated television series, created by Iginio Straffi and produced by Rainbow S.p.A.. The series is aimed toward children between the ages of five and thirteen and has spawned an international franchise of toys, books, clothing, DVDs, as well as a CGI feature film.