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concert pitch

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  1. a pitch, slightly higher than the usual pitch, to which concert instruments are sometimes tuned to achieve an increased brilliance of quality
  2. the standard pitch to which instruments are tuned and voices are pitched so as to be compatible in performance: it is currently designated as A above middle C, with a frequency of 440 vibrations per second
  3. the actual sound of a note written for a transposing instrument, as the trumpet
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concert pitch

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  1. See international pitch.
  2. The state of being ready and tensely alert: a diver whose mental and physical states were at concert pitch before executing the dive.
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Noun

(plural concert pitches)

  1. (music) the pitch that is heard (usually as played by one or more transposing instruments or a combination of transposing and non-transposing instruments)
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