Would the pitch of a ship--the origin of the word--have anything in common with musical pitch?

You can pitch a voice, a ship or an egg, Wordwind.

But which came first, the voice or the egg?

Or the ship or the egg?

Shakespeare wrote about "enterprises of great pitch and moment" so our search for "pitch" would have to start long before that.

The longer the pitch, the deeper the mystery.

BTW "perfect pitch" is a very rare thing. The last perfect pitcher I remember is David Wells against the Twins almost 6 years ago (May 17, 1998).

Going back to the origins of "pitch", my guess is they were pitching woo long before sailors were pitching and tossing at sea.