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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
However, most musicians can be trained to recognize relative pitch.
From Literature
Simply having an ear well-trained in "relative pitch" is extremely useful in many ways.
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Released jointly on the Relative Pitch label and on Berne’s Screwgun imprint, which also offers Belisle-Chi’s scores for sale, it’s a subtle stunner.
From New York Times
When someone can identify a note only when it’s based on a reference note, that’s called relative pitch.
From Scientific American
We haven’t found an animal yet that has relative pitch in the way we define it.
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