DIAPASON

(Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.) In Mu sic, an interval used by most authors to expre the octave of the Greeks. By one of the boldest metaphors with which we are acquainted, Dryden has beautifully availed himself of this expre ion in the well-known stanza of his first Ode to St. Cecilia's Day:— From harmony, from hearenly harmony Thu iiuiTcrul frame began; From tiarmoiwr to harmony Through all the compaai of the oo'.ei it tan, The diapiuoa doting full in mua. For an account of the diapason in the organ pipes, see Oroan. [s. 353]