international pitch

American  

noun

Music.

1. diapason normal pitch.

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international pitch British  

noun

1. music the frequency of 435 hertz assigned to the A above middle C, widely used until 1939 See pitch 1

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Etymology

Origin of international pitch

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

The player in question is Tottenham Hotspur forward / South Korea's captain Son Heung-min, who was spotted sporting a puffy all-black mask on the international pitch.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2022

A committee of the Council of Europe, meeting in Strasbourg, has just recommended to its 17 member nations that the world's musicians get in tune with each other by adopting the international pitch standard.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Metropolitan Opera orchestra, for example, tunes up to an A that vibrates at 440 cycles per second�theoretically, the international pitch standard.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is only recently that an international pitch has been established which was adopted everywhere except in England.

From Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered by Hofmann, Josef

In the international pitch the A in the second space of the treble staff makes 435 vibrations a second.

From Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered by Hofmann, Josef