"pitch class" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pitch classes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pitch class (plural pitch classes)
  1. (music) An equivalence class of all pitches that are octaves apart, and which would be labeled by an integer, not a traditional letter name.

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