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  • 111tenor — high pitched high pitched adj. 1. high in pitch or frequency; used of sounds and voices. Opposite of {low}. [Narrower terms: {adenoidal, pinched, nasal}; {altissimo}; {alto}; {countertenor, alto}; {falsetto}; {peaky, spiky}; {piping}; {shrill,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 112ejection sounds — high pitched clicking sounds occurring shortly after the first heart sound, at the time of maximal opening of the semilunar valves; seen in patients with abnormalities of these valves or dilatations of the aortic or pulmonary arteries. The sounds …

    Medical dictionary

  • 113screech of brakes — high pitched sound produced when brakes are applied quickly …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 114pitch — pitch1 W3 [pıtʃ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(sports field)¦ 2¦(strong feelings/activity)¦ 3¦(music)¦ 4¦(persuading)¦ 5¦(baseball)¦ 6¦(black substance)¦ 7¦(ship/aircraft)¦ 8¦(slope)¦ 9¦(street/market)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1 …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 115pitch — 1 noun 1 SPORTS FIELD (C) BrE a specially marked out area of ground on which a sport is played; field 1 (4) AmE: The crowd invaded the pitch at the end of the match. | a cricket pitch 2 STRONG FEELINGS (singular, uncountable) the strength of your …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 116cricket — cricket1 cricketlike, adj. /krik it/, n. 1. any of several jumping, orthopterous insects of the family Gryllidae, characterized by long antennae and stridulating organs on the forewings of the male, as one of the species commonly found in… …

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  • 117Double bass — Contrabass redirects here. For other uses, see Contrabass (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Acoustic bass guitar. For the technique used in percussion, see Double bass drum. Double Bass Side and front views of a modern double bass with a… …

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  • 118Gutturaler Gesang — Unter gutturalem Gesang (lat. guttur ‚Kehle‘) versteht man den Kehlgesang, der durch den Einsatz von (teilweise verzerrtem) Krächzen, Grunzen und Knurren (Grunting und Growling), klarem Rufen (Shouting) oder hohem Schreien bzw. Kreischen… …

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  • 119Dholak — An ordinary desi style dholak (computerized image) The Dholak (Punjabi: ਢੋਲਕ, Devnagari: ढोलक in Suriname and Holland dhool) is a North Indian, Pakistani and Nepalese double headed hand drum Madal. The name dholki may also refer to a slightly… …

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  • 120keyboard instrument — ▪ music Introduction       any musical instrument on which different notes can be sounded by pressing a series of keys, push buttons, or parallel levers. In nearly all cases in Western music the keys correspond to consecutive notes in the… …

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