Re: The Tiebreaker: How many times will the judges use the word “pitch
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Forgot to throw in there... vibrato (that shaky up and down that singers use during sustained notes) provides a small range of frequencies, and is used by musicians in general - violinists, for example - to ensure that their pitch is in tune with the rest of the music. A slightly off-key note is vastly more noticeable when it is a pure tone, rather than a rapidly shifting range of frequencies.
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Your last sentence is correct, however your first is not quite as correct (at least not among good musicians, though many may use it for such). Generally vibrato is used to add tone color and to keep sustained notes from becoming "boring" as they are held. It is very common among singers and instrumentalists to start a long note without vibrato, then add more and more as the note is held.
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