tune
/tuːn/ noun A2- A melody. · Eric played a catchy tune on his acoustic guitar and Alyssa played the drums.
- A song, or short musical composition.
- The act of tuning or maintenance. · Your engine needs a good tune.
- The state or condition of being correctly tuned. · Your engine is now in tune.· This piano is not in tune.
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“Yes, which catches the thief in a trap and plays a tune.
Seeing he could not escape, he turned round, and said: “I know, friend Wolf, that I must be your prey, but before I die I would ask of you one favour you will play me a tune to which I may dance.” The Wolf complied, and while he was piping and the Kid was dancing, some hounds hearing the sound ran up and began chasing the Wolf.
A few moments later the long-drawn, wailing notes of that most haunting of tunes came faintly through the closed door of the bedroom.
Standing on a projecting rock, he played several tunes in the hope that the fish, attracted by his melody, would of their own accord dance into his net, which he had placed below.
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