gestemd in een interval van een kwart of een kwint

English translation: tuned to an interval...

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Dutch term or phrase:gestemd in een interval...
English translation:tuned to an interval...
Entered by: Johan Venter

06:53 Jan 18, 2006
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Dutch term or phrase: gestemd in een interval van een kwart of een kwint
I'm sure this is dead easy for the more musically minded among you. Would it be "authentic" to translate this literally as "tuned in an interval of a fourth or a fifth"? Just slightly concerned that I only get one relevant Google for the phrase "tuned in an interval" and was wondering if I'm missing something.

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De beide atumpan–trommels, gestemd in een interval van een kwart of een kwint, worden bespeeld met twee hoekige houten stokken.
MoiraB
France
Local time: 15:43
tuned TO an interval
Explanation:
Get familiar with this! They’re all tuned to an interval of a fourth. Meaning, the low E bass string is four whole steps to the low A bass string ex. ( e,f,g,a,)-(1,2,3,4,).


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Note added at 42 mins (2006-01-18 07:36:39 GMT)
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A few more references:

The erhu is tuned to an interval of a fifth, the inside string (nearest to player) is tuned to D and outside to A. This is the same as the two middle strings of the violin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erhu

Topshur: two-stringed instrument, carved from pine and covered with leather, using strings made from horse-tails and tuned to an interval of a fourth

http://pedia.nodeworks.com/M/MU/MUS/Music_of_Altai

Sure, since the G and B strings are tuned to an interval of a third. How about fifths and sixths? Well, I can actually use my guitar to demonstrate any interval. Pick a string. Pick a fret. If you can't sound it out, write it out

http://www.guitarnoise.com/print_article.php?id=7
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Johan Venter
Czech Republic
Local time: 15:43
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Ha, I'd tried searching with various prepositions but must have overlooked to. Thanks for putting me straight!
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tuned TO an interval


Explanation:
Get familiar with this! They’re all tuned to an interval of a fourth. Meaning, the low E bass string is four whole steps to the low A bass string ex. ( e,f,g,a,)-(1,2,3,4,).


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Note added at 42 mins (2006-01-18 07:36:39 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

A few more references:

The erhu is tuned to an interval of a fifth, the inside string (nearest to player) is tuned to D and outside to A. This is the same as the two middle strings of the violin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erhu

Topshur: two-stringed instrument, carved from pine and covered with leather, using strings made from horse-tails and tuned to an interval of a fourth

http://pedia.nodeworks.com/M/MU/MUS/Music_of_Altai

Sure, since the G and B strings are tuned to an interval of a third. How about fifths and sixths? Well, I can actually use my guitar to demonstrate any interval. Pick a string. Pick a fret. If you can't sound it out, write it out

http://www.guitarnoise.com/print_article.php?id=7


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Johan Venter
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Ha, I'd tried searching with various prepositions but must have overlooked to. Thanks for putting me straight!

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