Tune a piece of music

1. What is the tune of a piece of music?
2. What is melody vs tune?
3. What does it mean to tune an instrument?

What is the tune of a piece of music?

We might consider melody to be the single most important element within a song. In everyday language, this is the element we call 'the tune'. In technical terms, however, the melody is a series of pitches, or notes, that are organised to form a shape or pattern.

What is melody vs tune?

Tune can also mean solely the melody, but almost never solely the harmony. "Being in tune" means that multiple people, when trying to trying to sing/play the same note, have the exact same pitch. A "melody" is single series of notes that can be hummed, sung, or played by a single person.

What does it mean to tune an instrument?

Tuning is the process of adjusting the pitch of one or many tones from musical instruments to establish typical intervals between these tones. Tuning is usually based on a fixed reference, such as A = 440 Hz.