pitch class

English

Examples of pitch class 5.

Noun

pitch class (plural pitch classes)

  1. (music) An equivalence class of all pitches that are octaves apart, and which would be labeled by an integer, not a traditional letter name.
    The notes B3, B4, and C♭5 all belong to the same pitch class, named 11 or e.
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