relative pitch
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
relative pitch (plural relative pitches)
- (music, uncountable) The ability to identify or create a given note by comparing it with a reference note and discerning the interval between those two notes.
- Coordinate term: absolute pitch
- (music, countable or uncountable) The interval between two notes.
Translations[edit]
the ability to identify or create a given note by comparing it with a reference note and discerning the interval between those two notes
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Further reading[edit]
- “relative pitch”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.