What is pitch?

What is pitch?

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What creates sound waves?

• any type of movement

• vibrating objects

• particles of matter put in motion

• objects not in motion

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What do we call the number of vibrations per second of a vibrating object?

• Pitch

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Magnitude

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What does frequency tell us about a sound wave?

• its speed

• how loud it is

• how quiet it is

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What is the unit of measure for measuring frequency?

• miles per hour

• Decibels

• Amps

• Hertz

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Our brains perceive or represent frequency as;

• Pitch

• Amplitude

• Volume

• Noise

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When vibration rates or frequency goes up what do we hear?

• Higher sounds

• Higher pitch

• Lower sounds

• Lower pitch

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When frequency or vibration rate goes down, what do we hear?

• Lower sounds

• Higher sounds

• Higher pitch

• Lower pitch

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Which bar will have a higher pitch?

• A large bar

• A short bar

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Which will have a higher pitch?

• A glass with a lot of liquid

• A glass with less liquid

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What is it that affects the vibration rate of an object?

• How hard it is vibrating

• How it is that we hear it

• The mass of the object

• How loud it is

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Frequency is;

• How fast a vibration is

• How our ears perceive vibrations

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Pitch is;

• How fast a vibration is

• How our ears perceive vibrations

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We hear different pitches due to;

• Changing vibration rates

• Changing speeds of vibrations

• Change of volume

• Frequencies going faster and slower

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When an object vibrates fast;

• The pitch goes up

• The pitch goes down

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If an object has more mass;

• It will vibrate faster

• It will vibrate slower

• It will have a lower pitch

• It will have a higher pitch

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Short bars on a xylophone will;

• Give a higher pitch

• Give a lower pitch

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By extending the slide on a trombone we can create;

• Higher pitches

• Lower pitches

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What occurs to the pitch of a sound wave as we get closer to the source?

• Its pitch goes up

• Its pitch goes down

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What occurs to the pitch of a sound wave as we get farther from the source?

• It gets higher

• It gets lower

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On a piano, lower pitches are found;

• On the right side of the piano

• On the left side of the piano