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Vinony

voicing

noun

  1. manner in which one distributes, or spaces, notes and chords among the various instruments or simultaneous vertical placement of notes in relation to each other
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Pronunciation: /ˈvɔɪsɪŋ/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs Proto-Italic *wōks Latin vōcem Anglo-Norman voizbor. Middle English voys English voice English -ing English voicing From voice + -ing.

  1. The final regulation of the pitch and tone of any sound-producing entity, especially of an organ or similar musical instrument.
  2. A particular arrangement of notes to form a chord.
  3. The articulatory process in which the vocal cords vibrate.
  4. A classification of speech sounds that tend to be associated with vocal cord vibration.
  5. A phonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one.
  6. A sound made by the voice; vocalization.

    “Shrill voicings of seagulls”

    “Pete dressed Eddie's high-pitched voicings in the stick-sweet strings of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.”

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs Proto-Italic *wōks Latin vōcem Anglo-Norman voizbor. Middle English voys English voice English -ing English voicing From voice + -ing.

  1. present participle and gerund of voice