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A sound or note of indefinite pitch is one that a listener finds impossible or relatively difficult to identify as to pitch. Sounds with indefinite pitch do not have harmonic spectra or have altered harmonic spectra - a characteristic known as inharmonicity.

A note played by an instrument or voice is considered a definite pitch when a human ear can distinguish the pitch itself. By contrast, indefinite pitch occurs when a human ear cannot identify a tone as a pitch such as in the pitch of a snare drum or gong.

pitch, in music, position of a single sound in the complete range of sound. Sounds are higher or lower in pitch according to the frequency of vibration of the sound waves producing them.

Indefinite pitches have a tone, a duration, and a timbre just like definite pitches. The only difference is they can not be notated with names like C, D, E, F, etc. For example, the sound of a snare drum is often called an indefinite pitch. There are many sounds found along a guitar string that are indefinite pitches.

Instruments of indefinite pitch exist by the hundreds. Some of the more common ones are the snare drum, tenor drum, tom-tom, bass drum, bongos, Latin American timbales, many types of cymbals, maracas, claves, triangles, gongs, and temple blocks.

For instance, notes produced by a trumpet or piano are of definite pitch. An indefinite pitch is one that consists of a less organized wave and tends to be perceived by the listener as noise. Examples are notes produced by percussion instruments such as a snare drum.

Instruments of indefinite pitch exist by the hundreds. Some of the more common ones are the snare drum, tenor drum, tom-tom, bass drum, bongos, Latin American timbales, many types of cymbals, maracas, claves, triangles, gongs, and temple blocks.

Indefinite Pitch Instruments: Percussion instruments that produce tones that are not precise pitches (cannot play an exact pitch or tune), such as bass drum, snare drum, cymbals, triangle, tambourine, etc. are called indefinite pitch instruments.

: the property of a sound and especially a musical tone that is determined by the frequency of the waves producing it : highness or lowness of sound. (2) : a standard frequency for tuning instruments.

Instruments of indefinite pitch exist by the hundreds. Some of the more common ones are the snare drum, tenor drum, tom-tom, bass drum, bongos, Latin American timbales, many types of cymbals, maracas, claves, triangles, gongs, and temple blocks.

Indefinite Pitch Instruments: Percussion instruments that produce tones that are not precise pitches (cannot play an exact pitch or tune), such as bass drum, snare drum, cymbals, triangle, tambourine, etc. are called indefinite pitch instruments.

triangle, percussion instrument consisting of a steel rod bent into a triangle with one corner left open. It is suspended by a gut or nylon loop and struck with a steel rod. It is theoretically an instrument of indefinite pitch, for its fundamental pitch is obscured by its nonharmonic overtones.