1.
pitch (of a voice or instrument)
The highness or lowness of a sound, especially in terms of accuracy when singing or playing an instrument.
彼女は音程が正確だ。
She has accurate pitch.
音程が外れている。
The pitch is off.
カラオケで音程を取るのが難しい曲がある。
There are songs where it's hard to hit the right pitch at karaoke.
2.
musical interval
The distance in pitch between two notes.
この二つの音の音程は3度だ。
The interval between these two notes is a third.
音程の広い跳躍がこの曲の特徴だ。
Wide intervallic leaps are a characteristic of this piece.
ピアノの鍵盤で音程の違いを確認した。
I checked the differences in intervals on the piano keyboard.
MUSICAL INTERVALS:
- 長2度 (major second)
- 短3度 (minor third)
- 完全5度 (perfect fifth)
- オクターブ (octave)
RELATED MUSICAL TERMS:
- 音階 (musical scale)
- 音符 (musical note)
- 調 (key, tonality)
- 和音 (chord)
COMMON EXPRESSIONS:
- 音程が合っている (pitch is correct)
- 音程が外れる (to be off-pitch)
- 音程を取る (to hit the right pitch)
- 音程が不安定 (pitch is unstable)
NOTE: For absolute pitch (the ability to identify or produce any pitch without reference), Japanese uses 絶対音感.