gamuts

gam·ut (g

1. A complete range or extent: a face that expressed a gamut of emotions, from rage to peaceful contentment.

2. Music The entire series of recognized notes.

[Middle English, the musical scale, from Medieval Latin gamma ut, low G : gamma, lowest note of the medieval scale (from Greek, gamma; see gamma) + ut, first note of the lowest hexachord (after ut, first word in a Latin hymn to Saint John the Baptist, the initial syllables of successive lines of which were sung to the notes of an ascending scale CDEFGA: Ut queant laxis resonare fibris Mira gestorum famuli tuorum, Solve polluti labii reatum, Sancte Iohannes).]

gamut [ˈgæmət]

1. entire range or scale, as of emotions

2. (Music / Classical Music) Music

a. a scale, esp (in medieval theory) one starting on the G on the bottom line of the bass staff

b. the whole range of notes

3. (Physics / General Physics) Physics the range of chromaticities that can be obtained by mixing three colours

[from Medieval Latin, changed from gamma ut, from gamma, the lowest note of the hexachord as established by Guido d'Arezzo + ut (now, doh), the first of the notes of the scale ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, derived from a Latin hymn to St John: Ut queant laxis resonare fibris, Mira gestorum famuli tuorum, Solve polluti labi reatum, Sancte Iohannes]

Gamut a range or scale of musical notes.

Examples: gamut of colours, 1824; of crime, 1859; of emotions; of Latin metre, 1864; of notes of music.

solfeggio, gamut - Solfeggio and gamut are words formed on the sequence of musical notes.

See also related terms for sequence.

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Noun	1.	gamut - a complete extent or range: "a face that expressed a gamut of emotions" ambit, range, scope, reach, compass, orbit - an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power"
	2.	gamut - the entire scale of musical notes musical scale, scale - (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

gamut

noun range, series, collection, variety, lot, field, scale, sweep, catalogue, scope, compass, assortment I went through the whole gamut of emotions.

Translations

gamut [ˈgæmət] N → gama f
to run the (whole) gamut of (fig) → recorrer toda la gama de

gamut [ˈgæmət] n → gamme f
the whole gamut of symptoms → toute la gamme des symptômes
to run the gamut of sth → passer par tout l'éventail de qch

gamut

n (Mus) → Noten- or Tonskala f; (fig) → Skala f; to run the (whole) gamut of emotions → die ganze Skala der Gefühle durchlaufen; his facial expressions ran the gamut from pain to terror → sein Gesichtsausdruck durchlief die ganze Skala von Schmerz bis hin zu panischer Angst

gamut [ˈgæmət] n → gamma
to run the (whole) gamut of emotions → provare uno dopo l'altro tutti i sentimenti possibili

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ambit Battery compass doh fa fah Inclusiveness La. lah Mi music musical scale orbit range reach scale scope selection sequence	In an effort to retain premium pricing on the devices, the manufacturers are adding capabilities, but most of the inexpensive models have relatively unsophisticated colour gamuts, which makes them good for printing, say, letterhead reports or pie charts, but will get noticeable flattening of colour reproduction when used for photographs or similar items where subtle shadings in hue are needed. Differences Between a Mono and Colour Laser Printer by Navjot Kaur / Computers and Internet community This cell angle profile now allows printers to work with the expanded color gamuts in particular high definition or Opaltone technology without concern about the angles clashing with the printing plate. Pamarco introduces CTP anilox technology by Label & Narrow Web I told Seymour that I didn't think music had to go anywhere and that I was interested in stasis such as the gamuts (constellations of pitches in which given identities are repeated at the same octave placement) found in the music of Webern, Nono, and Stockhausen and in the restricted sets of pitches in modal music such as gagaku and Indian classical music. Music of the spheres: Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007) by Artforum International	gamma-ray burst gammacism gammacismus gammadion gammat gammer gammon Gammoning Gammoning fashion Gammoning hole gammopathy gammy gamo- gamogenesis Gamogenetic gamomania Gamomorphism gamone gamopetalous gamophobia gamophyllous gamosepalous Gamow gamp gamut gamuts gamy gan Gan Jiang ganache Ganancial Ganapati Gäncä Gance Ganch Gand gand flower Ganda gander Gandhi Gandhi cap Gandhian Gandhiism Gandhism gandy dancer Gandzha gane ganef Ganesa Ganesh Ganesha	gams gams gams Gams (St. Gallen) Gams SG Gams, Switzerland GAMSA Gamsakhurdia, Konstantin Gamsakhurdia, Konstantin Simonovich GAMSAT GAMsb GAMSBL GAMSP GAMSS GAMSTC Gamstorp disease Gamstorp episodic adynamy GAMT GAMTA GAMTRA Gamuda Engineering Sdn. Bhd. Gamuda Plant Operator School GAMUG Gamul gamut gamut gamut gamut gamut Gamut Map Model Profile gamuts GAMV gamy Gamzat Tsadasa Gamzat-bek Gamzatov, Rasul Gamzatov, Rasul Gamzatovich GAMZF Gan Gan Gan Gàn Gàn Gan Dzao Gan Dzao Gan eden Gan Eng Seng Primary School Gan Jiang Gan Jiang River Gan River Gan River Gan Yang Shang Kang Zheng Gana Gana Unnayan Kendra ganache ganaches Ganadería del Norte Sociedad Anónima ganado bravo Ganalskii Range Ganancia

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fah
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Mi
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musical scale
orbit
range
reach
scale
scope
selection
sequence

In an effort to retain premium pricing on the devices, the manufacturers are adding capabilities, but most of the inexpensive models have relatively unsophisticated colour gamuts, which makes them good for printing, say, letterhead reports or pie charts, but will get noticeable flattening of colour reproduction when used for photographs or similar items where subtle shadings in hue are needed.

Differences Between a Mono and Colour Laser Printer by Navjot Kaur / Computers and Internet community

This cell angle profile now allows printers to work with the expanded color gamuts in particular high definition or Opaltone technology without concern about the angles clashing with the printing plate.

Pamarco introduces CTP anilox technology by Label & Narrow Web

I told Seymour that I didn't think music had to go anywhere and that I was interested in stasis such as the gamuts (constellations of pitches in which given identities are repeated at the same octave placement) found in the music of Webern, Nono, and Stockhausen and in the restricted sets of pitches in modal music such as gagaku and Indian classical music.

Music of the spheres: Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007) by Artforum International

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