On the other hand, there are some ritual utterances that could clearly benefit from a change in pitch contour.

Tonogenesis: Syllables come to have distinctive pitch contours.

Each syllable may be pronounced with between three and six distinct pitch contours, denoting different morphemes.

In music, the pitch contour focuses on the relative change in pitch over time of a primary sequence of played notes.

A research article containing images illustrating many specific examples of pitch contours for recited poetry.

The pitch contour of Antoine Dodson's voice was manipulated to make him appear to sing.

Prosodic units are characterized by several phonetic cues, such as a coherent pitch contour.

Instead, it matches a time-warped version of this original signal that conforms to a simplified pitch contour.

To provide feedback, several programs visualize the user's utterances as wave forms or pitch contours that can be compared against a model.

A 2009 study found that babies mimic their parents' pitch contour.