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TABLATURE
tablature
(noun) a musical notation indicating the fingering to be used
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tablature (countable and uncountable, plural tablatures)
A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.
(countable) An engraved tablet, or a painting on a wall or ceiling, or sometimes a picture in general.
(anatomy) A division of the skull into two tables.
Synonyms
• (musical notation): tab
Source: Wiktionary
Tab"la*ture, n. [Cf. F. tablature ancient mode of musical notation. See Table.]
1. (Paint.) A painting on a wall or ceiling; a single piece comprehended in one view, and formed according to one design; hence, a picture in general. Shaftesbury.
2. (Mus.) An ancient mode of indicating musical sounds by letters and other signs instead of by notes.
The chimes of bells are so rarely managed that I went up to that of Sir Nicholas, where I found who played all sorts of compositions from the tablature before him as if he had fingered an organ. Evelyn.
3. (Anat.) Division into plates or tables with intervening spaces; as, the tablature of the cranial bones.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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