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pitch classes

pitch classes is the plural of pitch class.

Meaning of pitch class

Noun

pitch class (plural pitch classes)

  1. An equivalence class of all pitches that are octaves apart, and which would be labeled by an integer, not a traditional letter name.
    • The notes B₃, B₄, and C♭₅ all belong to the same pitch class, named 11 or e.

Questions about pitch classes

What is pitch classes the plural of?
Pitch classes is the plural of pitch class.

Words near pitch classes in the dictionary

  1. pitch bible
  2. pitch black
  3. pitch blackness
  4. pitch camp
  5. pitch class
  6. pitch classes
  7. pitch coal
  8. pitch count
  9. pitch counts
  10. pitch dark
  11. pitch darkness

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