absolute pitchn.

Brit.

/ˈabsəluːt ˈpɪtʃ/, U.S.

/ˈˌæbsəˈˌl(j)ut ˈpɪtʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: absolute adj., pitch n.²

Etymology: < absolute adj. + pitch n.² (compare sense 25 at that entry).

Music.

1. A fixed standard of pitch determined by the frequency of vibration.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > [noun] > fixed standard of pitch

absolute pitch1721

pitch1725

diapason1875

1721 A. Malcolm Treat. Musick xi. 342 There are and can be but Two different Modes, the greater and the lesser, according to the Two concinnous Divisions of the 8ve..and their proper Accompanyments; and whatever Difference you may make in the absolute Pitch of the whole Notes.

1761 Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 701 We have a plain direction for finding the absolute pitch of the meses.

1864 A. J. Ellis in Proc. Royal Soc. 13 394 A compound tone will be represented by the absolute pitch of its primary and the relative pitches of its partial tones.

1887 Century Dec. 318 The true method of teaching vocal music is by the intervalic relation of tones, and not by absolute pitch.

1903 R. Hughes Mus. Guide I. 239/2 The vibration-number of a tone also gives it an absolute pitch according to the particular pitch accepted as the standard.

1930 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 42 46 The musical effect would be a matter of the notes composing the chord and their absolute pitch.

1964 A. P. Merriam Anthropol. of Music iii. xiv. 298 What is important in music is not the absolute pitch of any given note.

2002 D. J. Levitin Found. Cognitive Psychol. vii. xiii. 304 People can reproduce the absolute pitch of tones embedded in melodies.

2. The ability to recognize or reproduce the exact pitch of a note; = perfect pitch n. at perfect adj., n., and adv. Compounds 2.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > music appreciation > [noun] > ability to recognize pitch

relative pitch1901

perfect pitch1925

absolute pitch1930

1883 L. Browne & E. Behnke Voice, Song, & Speech 138 Do not attempt to cultivate a sense of absolute pitch. There are very few people naturally endowed with it.]

1930 B. S. Burks et al. Promise of Youth ii. xvi. 282 By the age of seven or earlier he had absolute pitch.

1953 S. K. Langer Introd. Symbolic Logic (ed. 2) i. 28 A normal ear will apprehend the form, but only persons blessed with so-called ‘absolute pitch’ can identify the content.

1992 Jazz No. 12. 32/2 I have absolute pitch and I could hear those quarter tones and tri-tones.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	absolute pitch
释义	absolute pitchn. Brit. /ˈabsəluːt ˈpɪtʃ/, U.S. /ˈˌæbsəˈˌl(j)ut ˈpɪtʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: absolute adj., pitch n.² Etymology: < absolute adj. + pitch n.² (compare sense 25 at that entry). Music. 1. A fixed standard of pitch determined by the frequency of vibration. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > [noun] > fixed standard of pitch absolute pitch1721 pitch1725 diapason1875 1721 A. Malcolm Treat. Musick xi. 342 There are and can be but Two different Modes, the greater and the lesser, according to the Two concinnous Divisions of the 8ve..and their proper Accompanyments; and whatever Difference you may make in the absolute Pitch of the whole Notes. 1761 Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 701 We have a plain direction for finding the absolute pitch of the meses. 1864 A. J. Ellis in Proc. Royal Soc. 13 394 A compound tone will be represented by the absolute pitch of its primary and the relative pitches of its partial tones. 1887 Century Dec. 318 The true method of teaching vocal music is by the intervalic relation of tones, and not by absolute pitch. 1903 R. Hughes Mus. Guide I. 239/2 The vibration-number of a tone also gives it an absolute pitch according to the particular pitch accepted as the standard. 1930 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 42 46 The musical effect would be a matter of the notes composing the chord and their absolute pitch. 1964 A. P. Merriam Anthropol. of Music iii. xiv. 298 What is important in music is not the absolute pitch of any given note. 2002 D. J. Levitin Found. Cognitive Psychol. vii. xiii. 304 People can reproduce the absolute pitch of tones embedded in melodies. 2. The ability to recognize or reproduce the exact pitch of a note; = perfect pitch n. at perfect adj., n., and adv. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > music appreciation > [noun] > ability to recognize pitch relative pitch1901 perfect pitch1925 absolute pitch1930 1883 L. Browne & E. Behnke Voice, Song, & Speech 138 Do not attempt to cultivate a sense of absolute pitch. There are very few people naturally endowed with it.] 1930 B. S. Burks et al. Promise of Youth ii. xvi. 282 By the age of seven or earlier he had absolute pitch. 1953 S. K. Langer Introd. Symbolic Logic (ed. 2) i. 28 A normal ear will apprehend the form, but only persons blessed with so-called ‘absolute pitch’ can identify the content. 1992 Jazz No. 12. 32/2 I have absolute pitch and I could hear those quarter tones and tri-tones. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1721
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