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pitch
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Also known as: musical pitch
- Key People:
- Archytas of Tarentum
- Related Topics:
- tuning and temperament
- mode
- scale
- interval
- bass
pitch, in music, position of a single sound in the complete range of sound. Sounds are higher or lower in pitch according to the frequency of vibration of the sound waves producing them. A high frequency (e.g., 880 hertz [Hz; cycles per second]) is perceived as a high pitch and a low frequency (e.g., 55 Hz) as a low pitch. In Western music, standard pitches have long been used to facilitate tuning among various performing groups. Usually a′ above middle C (c′) is taken as a reference pitch. The current standard pitch of a′ = 440 Hz was adopted in ...(100 of 540 words)