fixed intonation

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   the intonation of keyboard instruments where the pitch of each note is fixed and cannot be varied by the performer

   Broaderintonation

Questions about fixed intonation

What does fixed intonation mean?

fixed intonation means "the intonation of keyboard instruments where the pitch of each note is fixed and cannot be varied by the performer".

Is fixed intonation a common word?

fixed intonation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.