intonation (2)

[Fr., from Low Lat. int on atio, from intonatum, sup. of in to no = to intone (q. v.).] Music: 1. The method of producing sound from a voice or an instrument. 2. Correctne of pitch; e. g., just intonation, singing or playing in perfect tune. "'Tis said he had a tuneful tongue Such happy intonation." Tennyson: Amphion, 18. 3. The method of chanting certain portions of the church services. 4. The notes which precede the reciting-note in a Greg or i an chant. "One slow and uniform intonation , consisting of notes of equal or nearly equal length."-Mason: Church Music, p. 90.