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relative pitch
noun
, Music.
- the pitch of a tone as determined by its relationship to other tones in a scale.
- the ability to identify or sing a tone by mentally determining the distance of its pitch from that of a tone already sounded.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of relative pitch1
First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences
It may therefore be supposed to have been established before the relative pitch of other keys had been settled.
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A system, as we have seen, is a series of notes whose relative pitch is fixed.
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That is to say, any three or more notes whose relative pitch is fixed may be regarded as forming a particular System.
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In the following demonstrations of relative pitch numbers, we adopt a pitch in which middle C has 256 vibrations per second.
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All competent musicians possess the power of relative pitch.
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