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low pitch

n. a pitch that is perceived as below other pitches [syn: low frequency] [ant: high pitch]

Usage examples of "low pitch".

Again and again he made her repeat what she was to say until she was word perfect and had got her voice down to the low pitch that he desired.

Pierre has preached the gospel of the low pitch all season long, and Roger Fisher -- Fish, the boys call him -- has been a quiet but extremely attentive student during Saint's ball-yard seminars.

Another cascade of notes followed, ending in one long, low pitch so deep it was darker than a moonless sky.

In going away from that place, walking northward, I came upon a house by the sea, a beautiful house of bungalow type with a sea-side expression, its special feature a spacious loggia or verandah, sheltered by the overhanging of the upper story, the exterior of rough-hewn blocks with a batter, the roofs of low pitch, covered with green slates, a feeling of strength and repose heightened by the long horizontal lines, at one end of the loggia a turret containing a study or nook.

She scrambled back, scraping palms against the rough-hewn plank floors, rising and bumping her head against the low pitch of the ceiling.

The controlled sobs keeping Michael's voice at a soft, low pitch were enough to make Gabe's chest ache.

Pitt went into a baseball crouch and swung the bat, aiming for a low pitch, and struck Gly in the knee.

Oh, an excellent impressionist might get the low pitch and the phrasing and the accent just right, but he wouldn't be able to recreate that awful rasping, crackling quality.

Looking up, Rudy saw that Hoofprint had entered the shelter, bending his tall head beneath the low pitch of the roof.

Small signals, which in themselves require little energy (such as uttering a few syllables at a low pitch), may release behaviors that require a lot of energy (such as risking one's life in an attempt to kill another individual).