What is the range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instument. You would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass. Shak called?
compass — (Mus.) The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instument. You would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass. Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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