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whole tone meaning in Tamil

அறுபடிமூல ஒலி இடைவெளி

whole tone in Tamil: அறுபடிமூல ஒலி இடைவெளி. In English, whole tone means the musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to a frequency ratio of 8/7, 9/8, or 10/9, depending on the tuning system used. In meantone tunings (including twelve-tone equal temperament), there is only one whole tone, though tuning systems that are not meantone have a "major tone" of 9/8 and a "minor tone" of 10/9.

Tamil words for whole tone

அறுபடிமூல ஒலி இடைவெளி

English meaning of whole tone

  1. noun The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to a frequency ratio of 8/7, 9/8, or 10/9, depending on the tuning system used. In meantone tunings (including twelve-tone equal temperament), there is only one whole tone, though tuning systems that are not meantone have a "major tone" of 9/8 and a "minor tone" of 10/9.

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What is the meaning of whole tone in Tamil?
Whole tone in Tamil is அறுபடிமூல ஒலி இடைவெளி.
whole tone என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Whole tone: அறுபடிமூல ஒலி இடைவெளி.
What does whole tone mean in English?
Whole tone means the musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to a frequency ratio of 8/7, 9/8, or 10/9, depending on the tuning system used. In meantone tunings (including twelve-tone equal temperament), there is only one whole tone, though tuning systems that are not meantone have a "major tone" of 9/8 and a "minor tone" of 10/9.

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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: whole tone (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: whole tone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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