Plural of accordatura; multiple instances or types of special tunings for stringed instruments.
The plural form of the Italian accordatura, simply adding the regular English plural -s ending to the borrowed Italian term.
Composers in the Baroque period were obsessed with different accordaturas because they believed each tuning revealed different emotional colors in the instrument—almost like musical alchemy.
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