What is pitch in music?
Q: What is pitch in music?
A: Pitch in music is how high or low a note sounds.
Q: How does pitch depend on frequency?
A: Pitch mostly depends on the frequency of the sound, which is measured by a unit called Hertz and refers to how fast the air vibrates back and forth.
Q: Do all musical instruments make notes of a certain pitch?
A: No, not all musical instruments make notes of a certain pitch. Many percussion instruments like drums, triangles and cymbals are used for rhythms and do not play tunes because they have no definite pitch.
Q: What is absolute or perfect pitch?
A: Absolute or perfect pitch means that someone always knows what note is being played without comparing it to another note.
Q: Does having absolute or perfect pitch make someone a good musician?
A: Having absolute or perfect pitch does not necessarily make someone a good musician, although it can be very useful.
Q: Did well-known classical composers have developed their sense of absolute/perfect pitch?
A: There is evidence to suggest that well-known classical composers such as Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, and Bach had developed and perhaps even mastered their sense of absolute/perfect pitch.
Q: Is there any difference between frequency and pitch?
A: Frequency is used as a scientific means for measuring and changing sound and its possible pitches while Pitch is more psychological quality depending on how the ear perceives sounds, and how the brain interprets them.
