RELATIVE PITCH


Meaning of RELATIVE PITCH in English

Music.

1. the pitch of a tone as determined by its relationship to other tones in a scale.

2. the ability to identify or sing a tone by mentally determining the distance of its pitch from that of a tone already sounded. Cf. absolute pitch .

[ 1925-30 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .