英语词汇“french pitch”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

French pitch n. Music (now chiefly historical) a standard of pitch (pitch n.² 25a) used in or associated with France; spec. a pitch where A (a') is tuned to 435 cycles per second (= diapason normal at diapason n. 6).This pitch was given legal force in France in 1858 and adopted by many countries as a standard from 1859. In 1939 an international conference recommended that a' = 440 be used as the standard orchestral pitch, and the use of French pitch has been largely superseded by this.

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1859 Universal Rev. Aug. 282 The propriety of establishing a uniform diapason throughout England, with or without the adoption of the French ‘pitch’, was discussed.

1894 Musical Times 35 404/2 The E flat lurs are at French pitch.

1955 A. Mendel tr. J. F. Agricola in Musical Q. 41 469/2 In Rome the pitch is very low, almost like the former French pitch.

2006 M. W. Jackson Harmonious Triads vii. 215 He personally launched a crusade against the French pitch, arguing that it was still too high for vocalists, causing harm to their voices.

单词	french pitch
释义	> as lemmas French pitch French pitch n. Music (now chiefly historical) a standard of pitch (pitch n.² 25a) used in or associated with France; spec. a pitch where A (a') is tuned to 435 cycles per second (= diapason normal at diapason n. 6).This pitch was given legal force in France in 1858 and adopted by many countries as a standard from 1859. In 1939 an international conference recommended that a' = 440 be used as the standard orchestral pitch, and the use of French pitch has been largely superseded by this. ΚΠ 1859 Universal Rev. Aug. 282 The propriety of establishing a uniform diapason throughout England, with or without the adoption of the French ‘pitch’, was discussed. 1894 Musical Times 35 404/2 The E flat lurs are at French pitch. 1955 A. Mendel tr. J. F. Agricola in Musical Q. 41 469/2 In Rome the pitch is very low, almost like the former French pitch. 2006 M. W. Jackson Harmonious Triads vii. 215 He personally launched a crusade against the French pitch, arguing that it was still too high for vocalists, causing harm to their voices. extracted from Frenchadj.n. < as lemmas
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