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concert pitch

Definition of concert pitch

noun

[mass noun] Music
  • an internationally agreed standard for the tuning of musical instruments, in which the note A above middle C has a frequency of 440 Hz: the players use period instruments tuned to A = 421, nearly a semitone down on modern concert pitch
  • a state of readiness, efficiency, and keenness:slightly unnerved by the contretemps, I was not at concert pitch

concert pitch in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of concert pitch in the US English dictionary