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  1. scordatura(Noun)

    cross-tuning; a system of tuning a musical instrument to pitches other than the accepted standard, for example, tuning one or more strings of a violin to pitches other than the commonly accepted GDAE.

  2. Origin: From the Italian scordatura discord


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