cross-tuning

English

Verb

cross-tuning

1. present participle and gerund of cross-tune

Noun

cross-tuning (countable and uncountable, plural cross-tunings)

1. (music) 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.

   Synonym: scordatura