Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - gamut
Gamut
gamut
n. 1 the whole series or range or scope of anything (the whole gamut of crime). 2 Mus. a the whole series of notes used in medieval or modern music. b a major diatonic scale. c a people's or a period's recognized scale. d a voice's or instrument's compass. 3 Mus. the lowest note in the medieval sequence of hexachords, = modern G on the lowest line of the bass staff. Etymology: med.L gamma ut f. GAMMA taken as the name for a note one tone lower than A of the classical scale + ut the first of six arbitrary names of notes forming the hexachord, being syllables (ut, re, mi, fa, so, la) of the Latin hymn beginning Ut queant laxis)
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noun Etymology: Medieval Latin gamma, lowest note of a medieval scale (from Late Latin, 3d letter of the Greek alphabet) + ut ut Date: 15th century the whole series of recognized musical notes, an entire range or series , see: range ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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