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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
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pitch. The location of a sound in the tonal scale, depending on the speed of vibrations from the source of the sound, fast ones producing a high pitch and slow ones a low. The rate of vibration per second is the note's ‘frequency’. By int. agreement of 1939, renewed and extended in 1960, the present-day standard of ‘concert-pitch’ to which instr. are tuned is that in which the A directly above middle C has 440 (double) vibrations per second (440 Hz), which makes middle C 261.6 Hz. This replaced the standard of 435 (diapason normal) fixed in Paris in 1859 and confirmed in Vienna in 1885. Before then, a variety of pitches existed. In Eng. in the 16th cent., domestic kbd. pitch was about 3 semitones lower than today's pitch and the church mus. pitch over 2 semitones higher. Between 1700 and 1850, the note A varied between 415 and 429. Pitch can now be measured electronically, but still the most common way is by a tuning-fork. See
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English | C | D | E | F | G | A | B |
German | C | D | E | F | G | A | H |
French | ut or do | ré | mi | fa | sol | la | si |
Italian | do | re | mi | fa | sol | la | si |
Note that Eng. B♭ = Ger. B; and that Eng. B = Ger. H.
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Pitch-count studies spark serious debate Some high school coaches like the idea, but wonder who will enforce it; others say the issue is overrated.
Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News; 5/25/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...The Ball Game after 75 pitches. Pitch counts are here to stay...I was fortunate to pitch for coach Bill Toadvine...school, and he counted pitches," said Robinson, whose...Ferrell won't count pitches. "Pitch counts are exaggerated...
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Serato Pitch 'n Time 2
Magazine article from: Canadian Musician; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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PITCH COUNTS AS NOW REPORTED MUCH TOO VAGUE TO BE USEFUL STAT.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 5/30/2003; 700+ words
; ...matter what kind of pitch he swung at or what...pitcher throws 60 pitches and only 20 balls...only the number of pitches, but what happened...and what kind of pitch it was. That's...attention to too many pitches used up too early...without a publicized pitch count for more than...
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pitch counts: obsession or necessity?(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 8/4/2007; 700+ words
; ...Starters no longer pitch 11 innings. Starters...throw that many pitches in one game. Everyone...exactly how many pitches were thrown. Pitch counts, once the...threw that many pitches? Oh, I'm tired...concerned yourself with pitch counts. If a guy...
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Switch-pitch props. (boat propellers)
Magazine article from: Trailer Boats; 7/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...amp; Sea introduced the first successful switch-pitch prop in 1989, two additional models have made it...time to take a second look at what the switch-pitch props offer. Switch-pitch props (they're also known as shifting props...
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Pitch Pitches Into Sunday Times Tech Track 100; Pitch Entertainment Group enters as UK's no. 6.
M2 Presswire; 10/1/2007; 700+ words
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Pitch doctor offers success on a plate; IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE BIRMINGHAM POST e-PAPER MEDIA MARKETING.(Business)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 3/17/2008; 700+ words
; ...agencies ever heard of pitch doctors, have they ever...how do they go about pitches themselves? Core Marketing was aware of pitch doctors, had never used...consultants for new business pitches to undertake sector research...to help us with how to pitch. However, that is not...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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PITCH COUNT
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...decisions because of pitch limits. "I don't...approaching 110, 120 [pitches] you'd start hearing...there is some use for a pitch count in this game...tell you I can throw 70 pitches in a game and be worn...concerned yourself with pitch counts," Yankees manager...
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Pitch count best way to save arms
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 5/29/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...one game - may not pitch again until three...elapsed. A player who pitches more than one inning...induce three first-pitch groundouts in an...between 15 and 20 pitches in an inning. And...baseball to make its pitch count sentiment the...advisory. Fifteen pitches an inning for seven...
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The pitch on pitch counts
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 7/26/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...cared much about pitch counts. Perhaps...because the fewer pitches recent Cubs starters...has thrown more pitches than anyone on...what is it about pitch counts? Where...throwing as many pitches as it takes? Well, pitch counts have been...
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pitch
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
pitch 1 / pi ch / • n. 1...tone: a car engine seems to change pitch downward as the vehicle passes you...slope downward: the ravine pitches down to the creek. PHRASES: make a pitch make a bid to obtain a contract...
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absolute pitch (sense of)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
absolute pitch (sense of). That sense which some people possess of the actual pitch of any note heard, as distinct from relative pitch, which implies the recognition of a note as being a certain degree of the scale or as lying at a certain...
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tar and pitch
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
tar and pitch viscous, dark-brown to black substances...method for the production of both tar and pitch. Coal tar is a residue in the manufacture...into several materials, one of which is pitch. The terms tar and pitch are loosely applied...
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PITCH
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
PITCH. A term used generally and in PHONETICS for the level of the VOICE . Pitch depends on the frequency with which the vocal cords...produce voice : the more rapidly, the higher the pitch perceived. When voices quaver, there is a fluctuation...
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Pitch Lake
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Pitch Lake pool of pitch (asphalt), c.114 acres (46 hectares), SW Trinidad island, Trinidad...lake is believed to be formed and supplied by the seepage of natural pitch, a form of petroleum, from the surrounding oil-rich region. The...
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