Editing Pitch pipe (section)

== Usage ==
Some pitch pipes are intended for tuning string instruments, and only provide reeds for notes appropriate to a particular instrument. [[Diatonic and chromatic|Chromatic]] pitch pipes are favored by ''[[a cappella]]'' singers and [[Timpani#Tuning|timpanists]]. Chromatic pipes most often provide thirteen pitches, each a [[Semitone|half step]] above the previous. By providing all of the notes of a single octave, a singer can start in any key called for in Western music. Different pipes are available for bass and treble voices due to variations in vocal range. Most male and female performers prefer to use F-F pipes and C-C pipes, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicianmadness.com/performance-plus-cp-c-vocal-chromatic-pitch-pipe-key-of-c-to-c-with-carrying-bag/|title=Performance Plus CP-C Vocal Chromatic Pitch Pipe Key of C to C with Carrying Bag|website=Musician Madness|language=en|access-date=2018-04-27}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|reason=e-commerce site, typically these aren't reliable|certain=y|date=June 2018}} However, it is particularly notable that the Men's pipe in F is pitched higher than the Women's C pipe. Pipes in other keys are available, but are much more rare.

The singers' normal use of the pipe is to play the initial [[key note]] or [[tonic (music)|tonic]] of the piece to be sung.  Less frequently the pipe will be used to play the first sung note of the song, especially where the song begins in [[unison]] or with a [[solo (music)|solo]].

In [[Ethnomusicology]], recording a short beep with pitch pipe in ethnographic recordings can be used in playback to determine the playback speed of the [[Gramophone record]] or [[Phonograph cylinder]].