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View synonyms for concert pitch

concert pitch

noun

  1. Music. a standard of pitch used for tuning orchestral instruments, usually established at 440 vibrations per second for A above middle C.
  2. a state of heightened eagerness, readiness, or tension:

    Spring training had brought the athletes up to concert pitch for the beginning of the season.



concert pitch

noun

  1. the frequency of 440 hertz assigned to the A above middle C See pitch 1 international pitch
  2. informal.
    a state of extreme readiness
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of concert pitch1

First recorded in 1760–70
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Example Sentences

They feel these things are essential to the acquiring of a fine technic, and keeping it up to concert pitch.

Mrs. Barrast was always screwed up to concert pitch and never gave herself, or any one in her vicinity, a single moment of peace.

From the rooms in the rear came the words of a gospel hymn sung in a tremulous soprano and at concert pitch.

Every workman is kept up to concert pitch, and the maximum work per man is obtained without resort to driving or rushing.

Hands grow busy, the noise recommences, and in a few minutes the buzz rises again to concert pitch.

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