All 5 Uses of
gamut
in
The Taming of the Shrew
- Madam, before you touch the instrument, To learn the order of my fingering, I must begin with rudiments of art; To teach you gamut in a briefer sort, More pleasant, pithy, and effectual, Than hath been taught by any of my trade: And there it is in writing, fairly drawn.†
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- Why, I am past my gamut long ago.†
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- Yet read the gamut of Hortensio.†
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- 'Gamut' I am, the ground of all accord, 'A re,' to plead Hortensio's passion; 'B mi,' Bianca, take him for thy lord, 'C fa ut,' that loves with all affection: 'D sol re,' one clef, two notes have I 'E la mi,' show pity or I die.†
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- Call you this gamut?†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(gamut) the whole range of something
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Gamut can also be used more specifically to indicate the entire scale of musical notes.