perfect pitch

English

Noun

perfect pitch (countable and uncountable, plural perfect pitches)

1. (music) The ability to identify a note by name on hearing it, or to sing a specific note from memory, without the benefit of a reference pitch.
2. (less common) The exact pitch of a note described by its frequency in vibrations per second.

Synonyms

• absolute pitch

Antonyms

• relative pitch

Translations

ability

• Dutch: absoluut gehoor n, volmaakt gehoor n
• Finnish: absoluuttinen sävelkorva
• French: oreille absolue (fr) f
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• German: absolutes Gehör (de) n, Tonhöhengedächtnis n
• Russian: абсолю́тный слух (ru) m (absoljútnyj slux)
• Spanish: oído absoluto m

exact pitch — see absolute pitch

See also

• pitch-perfect

Anagrams

• pitch perfect, pitch-perfect