Weegy: It's from tar pitch....you know, like the "Tar Baby"?
Main Entry: 1pitch
Pronunciation: 'pich
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English pich, from Old English pic, from Latin pic-, pix; akin to Greek pissa pitch, [ Old Church Slavic picilu
1 : a black or dark viscous substance obtained as a residue in the distillation of organic materials and especially tars
2 : any of various bituminous substances
3 : resin obtained from various conifers and often used medicinally
4 : any of various artificial mixtures resembling resinous or bituminous pitches http:// /question/?qid=20070518130043AAMoAMS ]
User: what does the word pitch mean in music
Weegy: Pitch is known as a primary frequency of sound.
User: what does the word rythmn mean in music
Weegy: the pattern of regular or irregular pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong and weak melodic and harmonic beats.
User: what does the word texture mean in music
Weegy: If there are a lot of notes being played at once, we could call this a “thick” texture. If there are just two or three notes being played so that every note can be heard clearly we could call this a “thin” or “clear” texture. [ Music may have a “polyphonic” texture or a “chordal” texture. ]
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Pitch means to put, set, or plant in a fixed or definite place or position.
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In music, texture is the way the melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic materials are combined in a composition. Texture is often described in regard to the density, or thickness, and range, or width between lowest and highest pitches.
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