tune

intj

Etymology: From Middle English tune, an unexplained variant of tone, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “a tone”). Doublet of tone, ton, and tonus.

1. Used to show appreciation or approval of a song.

   “You heard the new Rizzle Kicks song? — Tune!”

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English tune, an unexplained variant of tone, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “a tone”). Doublet of tone, ton, and tonus.

1. A melody.

   “Eric played a catchy tune on his acoustic guitar and Alyssa played the drums.”

2. A song, or short musical composition.
3. The act of tuning or maintenance.

   “Your engine needs a good tune.”

4. The state or condition of being correctly tuned.

   “Your engine is now in tune.”

   “This piano is not in tune.”

5. Temper; frame of mind.
6. A sound; a note; a tone.

   “Pray you now, if it may the ſtand with the tune of your voices, that I may bee Conſull, I haue heere the Cuſtomarie Gowne.”

7. Order; harmony; concord.

   “A child will learn three times as much when he is in tune, as when he […] is dragged unwillingly to [his task].”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English tune, an unexplained variant of tone, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “a tone”). Doublet of tone, ton, and tonus.

1. To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches.

   “to tune a piano or a violin”

   “The Harpe. […] A harper with his wreſt maye tune the harpe wrong / Mys tunying of an Inſtrument ſhal hurt a true ſonge”

2. To adjust or modify (especially a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally.

   “Tuning the engine gave me an extra twenty horsepower.”

   “Tune your mind, and anything becomes possible.”

3. To adjust the frequency on a radio or TV set, so as to receive the desired channel.

   “Tune to Channel 6 for all your favourite daytime shows.”

4. Of faculties, senses, etc.: to adapt to or direct towards a particular target.

   “My ears were tuned to the sounds of the forest.”

5. To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition.

   “[H]ee hath incurred the euerlaſting diſpleaſure of the King, who had euen tun'd his bounty to ſing happineſſe to him.”

6. To attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.

   “For now to ſorrow must I tune my ſong, / And ſet my Harpe to notes of ſaddeſt wo, […]”

7. To give a certain tone or character to.
8. To set (lyrics) to music.

   “Ginsberg sang some poems from William Blake which he had "tuned".”

9. To sing with melody or harmony.

   “To ſee great Hercules whipping a Gigge, / And profound Sallomon to tune a Iigge.”

   “Fountains and yee, that warble, as ye flow, / Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praiſe.”

10. To be impudent towards; to cheek.

    “Are you tuning me?”

11. to adjust the parameters of singing voice synthesis software such as VOCALOID (in order to achieve certain singing techniques, increase the human quality of the voice, etc.)

    “[…] Those who are highly skilled in manipulating the Vocaloid technology—e.g., tuning Miku's singing voices—arrange existing[…]”

    “LOLA's voice is used simply to render basic notes and words with no pitch or expression tuning applied.”