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low pitch

low pitch

1 3.4
A deep sound that you hear in music or a person's voice
  • noun
  • /loʊ pɪtʃ/
translation icon : bajo tono
  • She spoke in a low pitch to convey her seriousness during the meeting.
  • high and low pitch

Examples

  • The audible low pitch of the cello filled the concert hall with warmth.

  • Southern Plains-style singing with a lower pitch includes intertribal songs suitable for Grand Entry.

    Academic text (2003)

  • "Hello," I said again, at a lower pitch as she came close enough to hear me.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Drops to a lower pitch and then cuts out entirely.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The string positioned at the vertical top of the guitar produces the lowest pitches.

    Academic text (2010)

  • Boris scaled his voice into an even lower pitch.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Regardless of which form exists, they have similar audible characteristics: low pitch, breathy voice, and a qualitative vocal change.

    Academic text (2008)

  • November suggests baby turkeys, mother turkeys, and father turkeys gobbling at high, medium, and low pitches.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Lower elementary students explore high and low pitches, volume, length, and timbre; play three scales (C major, A minor, and black key pentatonic); and improvise musical patterns to accompany a story.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Pitched percussion instruments, such as Orff instruments or orchestral percussion, are also useful to demonstrate the relationship between the size of a vibrating object and the pitch produced: longer bars produce a lower pitch.

    Academic text (2004)

Synonyms

tone
vslow pitch
128 4.1

The pitch of a syllable that changes a word's meaning in languages like Mandarin

focuses on a deep single sound rather than general sound quality or character
low frequency
vslow pitch
3 4.5

A sound or wave that has long waves and a low pitch

is about a deep perceived musical sound rather than its measured rate

Antonyms

high pitch
2 3.4

A thin, sharp sound at the top of a voice, like a mosquito buzz

How High

high
257 1.0
low pitch
1 3.4

Surface Forms

low pitch singular
low pitches plural

Morphology

low + pitch

The meaning 'a deep tone' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'low' (having a small/high?) with 'low' as indicating lesser frequency with 'pitch' (the perceived highness or lowness of sound). This simple adjective + noun composition follows standard English patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the phrase.

Etymology

The noun low pitch comes from a simple image: low means down and pitch means how high or low a sound is. Think of a big drum or a cello whose sound feels deep in your chest, so low pitch means a 'deep tone'.