pitch pipe
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6.6
- noun
- /pɪtʃ paɪp/
- Specialized
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pipa de afinación
- She used the pitch pipe to find the correct starting note for the song.
Maybe you'll get yourself a pitch pipe, blow it on it and use, oh, that, that note is the right note.
- Maybe you'll get yourself a pitch pipe, blow it on it and use, oh, that, that note is the right note.
Examples
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Then have the child sing the song alone, with the examiner giving the first note on piano or pitch pipe.
Academic text (1992) -
Consulting some pitch source, such as a pitch pipe or a bell, will help you avoid the confusion that some singers experience when songs are transposed.
Academic text (1993) -
Give me the pitch pipe, you bitch!
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Okay, I have the pitch pipe, and I say that we focus on the set list as planned.
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Last but not least, I got you a pitch pipe for singing.
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Maybe you'll get yourself a pitch pipe, blow it on it and use, oh, that, that note is the right note.
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Task 3: Have the child pick the highest and/or lowest of two tones played on the piano or pitch pipe.
Academic text (1992) -
Gradually give the students responsibility for tuning the strings to a piano, a pitch pipe, resonator bells, or a recorder.
Academic text (1992) -
Gary, you can't take a pitch pipe out of a guy's hand when he's in the middle of a very funky groove.
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During rehearsal, the choir director played a note on the pitch pipe to help everyone stay in tune.
How Precise
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a small device that produces a musical note' is directly derivable from combining 'pitch' (a musical note) with 'pipe' (a tube or wind instrument): it denotes a pipe that provides a pitch. This is a straightforward compound/instrumental naming pattern found across languages and should be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
The name pitch pipe comes from a small pipe you blow into that makes a musical pitch or 'note'. Singers and musicians used that clear sound to find the 'starting note', so today it means a little device that gives the correct 'pitch'.