relative pitchn.

Brit.

/ˌrɛlətɪv ˈpɪtʃ/, U.S.

/ˌrɛlədɪv ˈpɪtʃ/

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

Etymology: < relative adj. + pitch n.², after absolute pitch n.

1. Music.

a. The pitch of a note in relation to another.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > [noun] > relative pitch

relative pitch1761

1761 Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 700 The antients agree in their accounts of the relative pitch of the meses.

1781 J. Maxwell Ess. upon Tune ii. iv. 201 The relative pitch of the several degrees of tune belonging to each finger-key being thus ascertained, [etc.].

1803 A. Gunn Introd. Music 23 The notes of music..must..mark the relative pitch of the several sounds which they represent.

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.

1914 A. H. F. Strangways Music of Hindostan x. 249 The names of the notes throughout this chapter indicate relative pitch only.

1999 Independent 11 Nov. (Educ. Plus section) 2/6 What musicians..need is to be able to reproduce good ‘relative pitch’ at an early age.

b. The ability to recognize or reproduce the pitch of a note in relation to another.

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

relative pitch1901

perfect pitch1925

absolute pitch1930

1901 W. Mason Memories Musical Life 248 All competent musicians possess the power of relative pitch.

1929 Melody Maker Mar. 300/3 A person enjoying the ability to determine the interval between two or more musical sounds is said to possess Relative Pitch.

1977 Proc. Royal Soc. Med. 70 134/1 There is a continuum of skills which ranges from ‘tone deafness’, through ‘relative pitch’, to ‘absolute pitch’... Most people have relative pitch, in so far as they are able to say, when given a certain reference tone, that a second sound is higher or lower in pitch.

2002 S. C. Miller Death Assemblage xvii. 168 ‘Amazing Grace’, sung by a voice with no relative pitch.

2. Phonetics. The pitch of a speech sound in relation to another.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [noun] > intonation > pitch

height1597

relative pitch1830

1830 J. Barber Gram. of Elocution vi. 75 In estimating their [sc. different syllables'] relative pitch, we must disregard their slides.

1891 Phonetische Studien 4 55 The relationship between vowel quality and relative pitch.

1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. vii. 117 The Japanese language is said to distinguish two relative pitches, normal and higher.

1949 R.-M. S. Heffner Gen. Phonetics vii. 213 It is the relative pitch of speech sounds which is a linguistic means of differentiation between meanings.

1999 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 65 330 In Yuhup, relative pitch serves a lexical role as well as a grammatical function.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	relative pitch
释义	relative pitchn. Brit. /ˌrɛlətɪv ˈpɪtʃ/, U.S. /ˌrɛlədɪv ˈpɪtʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: relative adj., pitch n.² Etymology: < relative adj. + pitch n.², after absolute pitch n. 1. Music. a. The pitch of a note in relation to another. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > [noun] > relative pitch relative pitch1761 1761 Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 700 The antients agree in their accounts of the relative pitch of the meses. 1781 J. Maxwell Ess. upon Tune ii. iv. 201 The relative pitch of the several degrees of tune belonging to each finger-key being thus ascertained, [etc.]. 1803 A. Gunn Introd. Music 23 The notes of music..must..mark the relative pitch of the several sounds which they represent. 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. 1914 A. H. F. Strangways Music of Hindostan x. 249 The names of the notes throughout this chapter indicate relative pitch only. 1999 Independent 11 Nov. (Educ. Plus section) 2/6 What musicians..need is to be able to reproduce good ‘relative pitch’ at an early age. b. The ability to recognize or reproduce the pitch of a note in relation to another. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > music appreciation > [noun] > ability to recognize pitch relative pitch1901 perfect pitch1925 absolute pitch1930 1901 W. Mason Memories Musical Life 248 All competent musicians possess the power of relative pitch. 1929 Melody Maker Mar. 300/3 A person enjoying the ability to determine the interval between two or more musical sounds is said to possess Relative Pitch. 1977 Proc. Royal Soc. Med. 70 134/1 There is a continuum of skills which ranges from ‘tone deafness’, through ‘relative pitch’, to ‘absolute pitch’... Most people have relative pitch, in so far as they are able to say, when given a certain reference tone, that a second sound is higher or lower in pitch. 2002 S. C. Miller Death Assemblage xvii. 168 ‘Amazing Grace’, sung by a voice with no relative pitch. 2. Phonetics. The pitch of a speech sound in relation to another. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [noun] > intonation > pitch height1597 relative pitch1830 1830 J. Barber Gram. of Elocution vi. 75 In estimating their [sc. different syllables'] relative pitch, we must disregard their slides. 1891 Phonetische Studien 4 55 The relationship between vowel quality and relative pitch. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. vii. 117 The Japanese language is said to distinguish two relative pitches, normal and higher. 1949 R.-M. S. Heffner Gen. Phonetics vii. 213 It is the relative pitch of speech sounds which is a linguistic means of differentiation between meanings. 1999 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 65 330 In Yuhup, relative pitch serves a lexical role as well as a grammatical function. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1761
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