gammut

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

GAM'MUT, noun [from the Greek letter so named.] 1. A scale on which notes in music are written or printed, consisting of lines and spaces, which are named after the seven first letters of the alphabet. 2. The first or gravest note in Guido's scale of music, the modern scale.
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