ABSOLUTE PITCH Definition & Meaning

absolute pitch

noun

Music.

the exact pitch of a tone in terms of vibrations per second.
Also called perfect pitch. the ability to sing or recognize the pitch of a tone by ear.

absolute pitch

noun

Also called (not in technical usage)perfect pitch the ability to identify exactly the pitch of a note without comparing it to another
the exact pitch of a note determined by its number of vibrations per second

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Origin of absolute pitch¹

First recorded in 1860–65

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A few people have what is called perfect pitch or absolute pitch.

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Margulis and her team also find that our ability to track absolute pitch may affect how emotional we feel when listening to music.

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Pinto believes that everyone is born with the potential to have absolute pitch but that most seeing people lose the ability as sight takes over as their dominant sense.

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By the end of the second day I was getting very hungry and a bit tired of sitting in absolute pitch dark.

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Ms. Kowalsky helped create an app to test for absolute pitch.

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