concert pitch

English

Alternative forms

• concert-pitch

Noun

concert pitch (countable and uncountable, plural concert pitches)

1. (music) the reference pitch to which a group of musical instruments are tuned for a performance
2. (music) the reference pitch using the standard of A440
3. (music) the pitch that is heard (usually as played by one or more transposing instruments or a combination of transposing and non-transposing instruments)

Translations

music: reference pitch to which a group of musical instruments are tuned for a performance

• Finnish: normaalisävel, viretaso

music: reference pitch using the standard of A440

• Finnish: normaalisävel

See also

• baroque pitch