Definition for absolute pitch - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

Subscriber login

Close menu

	Email Cite
	absolute pitch (ab¦so\|lute pitch) noun [mass noun] Music another term for perfect pitch. I have absolute pitch and I could hear those quarter-tones pitch according to a fixed standard defined by the frequency of the sound vibration.		More words in this category atonal catch concertmaster cresc. dash double sharp gradual harmonize lay 3 octave opera 1 solfeggio sound post thirty-second note tune unison string Nearby Words absently absinth absit omen absolute absolute advantage absolute alcohol absolute magnitude absolute majority absolute music absolute pitch absolute temperature absolute title absolute unit absolute value absolute zero absolutely absolution absolutism absolutize