Pitch

Pitch may refer to:

In music:
* Pitch (music), the property of a sound or musical tone measured by its perceived frequency
* Vocal and instrumental pitch ranges
* Musical tuning explains pitch systems and pitch standards
** Absolute pitch and relative pitch
** Definite pitch and indefinite pitch

In signal processing:
* Pitch shifter
* Audio timescale-pitch modification
* Pitch detection algorithm

In speech and language:
* Pitch accent, the system employed by tonal languages
* Tone (linguistics) explains the variation of meaning with pitch
* Paralanguage explains how tone of voice carries emotional meaning

In science:
* Pitch (resin), a viscous liquid, derived from plants or petroleum products, often used for waterproofing and sealing boats
* Pitch Pine, a tree species rich in resin

In recreation:
* Pitch (baseball), a throw of a baseball to a batter
* Pitch (sports), a playing field for various sports (especially in British and Australian English):
** Cricket pitch
** Football pitch
** Quidditch pitch (in the fictional game of Quidditch)
* An open outdoor area for various activities:
** Camping pitch
** Concert pitch
* Pitch (card game), a bidding, point-taking card game
* The erection of a tent
* The delivery of a golf ball with backspin
* The delivery in a game of horseshoes
* Pitch (vertical space); used in climbing and caving

In sales:
* Sales pitch, a merchant's presentation of a product or service
** Pitch (film), a sales pitch in the movie industry
** Elevator pitch, a very short sales pitch
** Pitchware, a synonym for adware

A measure of an angle or incline:
* Pitch (flight), an aircraft's attitude as nose up or down (see flight dynamics)
* Blade pitch, the angle of a propeller
* Roof pitch, the ratio of vertical over horizontal measurements in carpentry
* Pitch (handwriting), in graphonomics
* Pitch (mining), the inclination of mineral veins from the vertical (also rake or dip).A measure of the distance between like items:
* Dot pitch, the distance between dots in a computer display
* Thread pitch, the distance between threads on a screw
* Pitch, the byte offset between scanlines in video processing
* Pitch, the distance between lamps in an LED display
* Also, the distance between:
** complete turns of a helix
** teeth on a gear
** lines on a printed or typewritten page
** film perforations

In other senses:
* Pitch (movie), a movie by Kenny Hotz and Spencer Rice
* Sales Pitch, a short story by Philip K. Dick
* The Pitch, an alt-weekly newspaper printed and distributed in Kansas City, Missouri.

See also

* Pitcher (container)
* Pitchfork
* Pitchblende
* Flight dynamics