CONCERT PITCH

PRONUNCIATION: (KAHN-suhrt pich)

MEANING: noun:
1. A tuning standard for musical instruments in which the note A above middle C is assigned a frequency of 440 cycles per second (audio).
2. A state of being tensely alert or ready.

ETYMOLOGY: From concert, from French concerter, from Italian concertare (harmonize) + pitch, probably from Old English pic. Earliest documented use: 1735.
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CONVERT PITCH - proseytizing spiel

CONCERT MITCH - Mr Miller, the oboist, will present concerti by Albinoni, Bach, Cimarosa, and Handel

CONCERT PITAH - pocket breads will be available at intermission