WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
rel′ative pitch′, [Music.]
- Music and Dancethe pitch of a tone as determined by its relationship to other tones in a scale.
- Music and Dancethe 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
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