Question

what is the difference between a pitch and a tone

Answer 1

Pitch:-
1) Pitch refers to the degree of highness or lowness of a tone.
2) Related to the frequency.
3) Not used to distinguish lexical or grammatical meaning.

Tone:-
1) Tone refers to a musical or a vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality and strength.
2) Related to pitch, quality and strength.
3) Used to distinguish lexical and grammatical meaning.
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Answer 2

Pitch | A "pitch" can be referring to the same thing a note would, a noun in a sense. If a person has "perfect pitch" it means that they can reproduce any pitch (sound) by request, e.g. "Sing me a C2!" ...and they will sing that exact pitch without any pre-listening or "calibration" but is more commonly used as a means of discussing intonation/tuning, meaning one musician might be playing slightly out of tune "Be careful with the pitch on that C2".

Tone | Can be referring to a note as well (a noun) but is most commonly used to describe the quality of sound produced by a player/singer. Tone is usually described in adjectives: Saying "The trombone player has a rich and silky tone" is perfectly acceptable.

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