(music) ton → « a guitar tuned up to a higher pitch » [+excitement, intensity, success] degré → « it has reached such a pitch of success » to reach a high pitch = monter en puissance → « tension in the area has reached a dangerously high pitch. » to reach a new pitch of intensity [crisis] = atteindre un nouveau degré d'intensité sales pitch = argumentaire m de vente → « the salesman launched into a long pitch about the advantages of time-share apartments. » to pitch = lancer → « Simon pitched the empty bottle into the lake. → She pitched the ball as far as she could. »