perfect pitch
perfect pitch noun: the ability to identify a note by name on hearing it, or to re-create a specified note from memory, without the benefit of an externally provided reference pitch.
Noun
perfect pitch (countable and uncountable, plural perfect pitches)
- The ability to identify a note by name on hearing it, or to re-create a specified note from memory, without the benefit of an externally provided reference pitch.
- Synonyms:
- absolute pitch
- Antonyms:
- tone-deafness
- By extension, a reliable innate sense of exactly what is true, appropriate, or needed in a given particular situation.
- Bujalski has perfect pitch: an instinct for how language meanders, and the lacunae it circles around.2015, Sophia Nguyen, “Mumblecore's Maestro: The perfect pitch of filmmaker Andrew Bujalski”, in Harvard Magazine, September-October 2015
- The exact pitch of a note, described by its frequency in vibrations per second.
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Forms of perfect pitch
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Questions about perfect pitch
- What does perfect pitch mean?
- Perfect pitch means the ability to identify a note by name on hearing it, or to re-create a specified note from memory, without the benefit of an externally provided reference pitch.
- What part of speech is perfect pitch?
- Perfect pitch is a noun.
- What is the plural of perfect pitch?
- The plural of perfect pitch is perfect pitches.
Words near perfect pitch in the dictionary
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