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1. music standard pitch to which instruments tuned: the internationally agreed standard pitch to which orchestral instruments are tuned, typically using the A above middle C as a reference. In an instrument tuned to concert pitch, the A above middle C is at a pitch of 440 cycles per second.
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2. music pitch of note in transposed music: the sounding pitch of a note played by an instrument when transposing a piece of written music to a different key, as opposed to the written pitch
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3. readiness: a state of readiness for action
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