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Old 03-13-2007, 01:59 PM
GoRedBirds GoRedBirds is offline
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Default Re: The Tiebreaker: How many times will the judges use the word “pitch

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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