---
title: pitch
framework: avfaudio
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: avfaudio/avaudio3dangularorientation/pitch
---

# pitch

The up-and-down movement of the listener’s head.

## Declaration

```swift
var pitch: Float
```

## Discussion

Discussion The pitch axis describes the up-and-down movement of the listener’s head, and is perpendicular to the yaw axis. It’s parallel to the plane of the listener’s ears. Its origin is at the center of the listener’s head and points toward the right ear. A positive pitch is the upward direction going from 0 to 180 degrees. A negative pitch is in the downward direction going from 0 to -180 degrees.

## See Also

### Getting Angular Orientation Properties

- [yaw](avfaudio/avaudio3dangularorientation/yaw.md)
- [roll](avfaudio/avaudio3dangularorientation/roll.md)