IN TUNE Definition & Meaning

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in tune

In agreement in musical pitch or intonation, as in It's hard to keep a violin in tune during damp weather , or Dave is always in tune with the other instrumentalists . [Mid-1400s]
In concord or agreement, as in He was in tune with the times . [Late 1500s] The antonyms for both usages, dating from the same periods, are not in tune and out of tune , as in That trumpet's not in tune with the organ , or The lawyer was out of tune with his partners .

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I’ve explored microtonality, so on the one hand, it’s like everything’s in tune, right?

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But sometimes I’ll hear a brass sextet or a string quartet play a piece of classical music perfectly in tune with the piano, and I’m like, “That’s such a shame, because the piano itself is not in tune.”

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“The other one is much more about getting into a feel of empathy and really getting in tune with your emotions,” he adds.

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David was in tune with the universe and his own imagination on a level that seemed to be the best version of human.

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“I’m not going to sit here and say that’s not something that we’re not in tune with,” McVay said.

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