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Concert pitch   /kˈɑnsərt pɪtʃ/   Listen
Concert pitch

noun
1.
The pitch used to tune instruments for concert performances; usually assigns 440 Hz to the A above middle C.  Synonyms: international pitch, philharmonic pitch.





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... olive in the face of Lloyd, crimson in the face of Paul. But outside this matter of coloring they were as like as two peas. Both were high-strung, prone to excessive tension and endurance, and they lived at concert pitch. ...
— Moon-Face and Other Stories • Jack London
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... left to fight it out among ourselves, it is physically absurd. The task of the Empire in South Africa was light compared with that which the Nationalists would have on hands. I am aware that, at the time when we were all talking at concert pitch on the Irish Question, a good deal was said about dying in the last ditch by men who at the threat of any real trouble would be found more discreetly perched upon the first fence. But those who know the temper ...
— Ireland In The New Century • Horace Plunkett
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Words linked to "Concert pitch" :   international pitch, pitch


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