Meaning

To sing or play one or more notes at the wrong pitch..

Definitions by Sense

1. To sing or play one or more notes at the wrong pitch.
2. To give the wrong angle or pitch to.
3. To pitch badly or in error (any sense).
4. The act or process of mispitching (any sense).

Example Sentences

It is so easy for over-anxious singers to squeak, to mispitch a note, or to forget the words, that the teacher must display absolute faith in his or her pupils' ability to produce something of value.

My first attempt goes none too well: I sing the wrong mnemonic (though right pitch) in line two and mispitch the leap between lines four and five.

The first two solos on record are probably by Pee Wee Erwin; the third, by Bunny Berigan, starts off strongly, but he appears to mispitch and end up on the wrong harmonic.

Ideally, you purposefully mispitch a low note that is full of harmonics and use a powerful articulation to provoke harmonics to sound.

Such an approach, if successful, will maximize rotor energy capture in spite of poorly understood rotor performance, icing, mispitched blades, etc.

The solo Cornet here was spoiled by mispitch and there was a little ragged playing in 3rd and wth bars before No. 19.

We have a high incidence of mispitches by the USPS which further adds to the delay.

Where a home run or a sixty-yard forward pass may have the captivating properties of a well-hit golf shot, and many on-lookers have played or still participate in those games, they depend on the machinations of others — a mispitch at the waist, a fleet, sure-handed receiver, or a lax defender. The golfer, though, stands alone.

Word Forms

• mispitches
• mispitching
• mispitched

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When Should You Use Mispitch?

Use mispitch when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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