gamut

gam·ut

 (găm′ət)

n.

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.

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[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

(ˈɡæmət)

n

1. entire range or scale, as of emotions

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

[C15: 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]

gam•ut

(ˈgæm ət)

n.

1. the entire scale or range: the gamut of dramatic emotion from grief to joy.

2. the whole series of recognized musical notes.

[1425–75; late Middle English < Medieval Latin; contraction of gamma ut=gamma, used to represent the first or lowest tone (German) in the medieval scale + ut (later do); the notes of the scale (ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si) being named from a Latin hymn to St. John the Baptist: Ut queant laxis resonare fibris. Mira gestorum famuli tuorum, Solve polluti labii reatum, Sancte Iohannes]

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

See also related terms for sequence.

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.

Thesaurus

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

gamma

Skala

gama

gammepalette

gamma

toonladder

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