音程 (ontei) Japanese meaning: musical interval

Meanings

1

musical interval; step

Technical music term for the distance between two pitches. Used in formal music theory contexts.

2

Colloquial use for the pitch or key of a song, often in contexts like singing or tuning. Less formal than sense 1.

音おん程ていを取とるto hit the right pitch (when singing or playing)
彼かの女じょは難むずかしい曲きょくでもきちんと音おん程ていを取とれる。
She can hit the right pitch even in difficult songs.
音おん程ていが合あうfor pitches to match / be in tune
二人ふたりの歌うた声ごえの音おん程ていがぴったり合あっている。
Both of their singing voices are perfectly in tune.
音おん程ていが高たかい／低ひくいthe pitch is high / low
そのフレーズは音おん程ていが高たかすぎて歌うたいにくい。
That phrase's pitch is too high to sing comfortably.
音おん程ていを測はかるto measure a musical interval
楽がっ器きのチューナーで音おん程ていを正せい確かくに測はかる。
You measure the interval precisely with an instrument tuner.