🎶 FREQUENCY AND PITCH
PAGE 1 OF 5 — WHAT IS PITCH?
HIGH AND LOW
PITCH IS HOW HIGH OR LOW!
Pitch depends on frequency, which is how fast a sound wave vibrates. Fast vibrations create high-pitched sounds like whistles, while slow vibrations produce low-pitched sounds like a deep, rumbling drum. When you hear a bird chirp and then a bass guitar, your brain instantly tells you one is higher than the other. That feeling of high or low is pitch!
⚡ DID YOU KNOW?
A hummingbird's wings beat so fast they make a buzzing sound around 80 hertz, while a big church bell might ring near 200 hertz. Both are real sounds, just at very different pitches!
PITCH!
HIGH PITCH
🎵 Whistles, flutes, bird songs
⚡ Many vibrations per second
⚡ Many vibrations per second
LOW PITCH
🥁 Bass drums, thunder, foghorns
🐢 Fewer vibrations per second
🐢 Fewer vibrations per second