cross-tuning
English
Verb
cross-tuning
present participle and gerund of
cross-tune
Noun
cross
-
tuning
(
countable and uncountable
,
plural
cross-tunings
)
(
music
)
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.
Synonym:
scordatura