Music Appreciation - Pitch

These flashcards cover key concepts related to pitch in music, defining terms and clarifying the relationships between different musical notes.

Pitch is the relative or that we hear in sound.

highness; lowness

The pitch of a sound is determined by the __ of its vibrations.

frequency

The faster the vibrations, the __ the pitch.

higher

Vibration frequency is measured in __ per second.

cycles

A sound that has a definite pitch is called a __.

tone

Noiselike sounds, such as squeaking brakes, have an __ pitch.

indefinite

The distance in pitch between any two tones is called an __.

interval

Tones separated by the interval called an __ sound very much alike.

octave

The interval of an octave is the interval between the first and last tones of the familiar __.

scale