scordatura

English

Etymology

From Italian scordatura (“discord”).

Noun

scordatura (uncountable)

  1. (music) cross-tuning; a system of tuning a musical instrument to pitches other than the accepted standard: for example, tuning one or more strings of a violin to pitches other than the commonly accepted GDAE.

Italian

Noun

scordatura f (plural scordature)

  1. discord
  2. (music) scordatura
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