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Pitch vs. loudness Emma Baron High pitch What is Pitch Pitch is as high or low a sound can go. One example of pitch would be a opera singer. A opera singer use their voices in two ways , their voice could turn out low or hight that is


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Pitch vs. loudness

Emma Baron

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What is Pitch

Pitch is as high or low a sound can go. One example of pitch would be a opera singer. A

  • pera singer use their voices

in two ways , their voice could turn out low or hight that is

  • pitch. Also a human can only

hear up to 20,000 hertz meanwhile a dog can hear 50,000 organisms so when a human blows a dog whistle we can't hear it.

High pitch

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What is volume

Volume is how loud or soft something sounds.an example of volume is when you pluck a rubber band it makes a loud sound. The number of decibels in an object determines how loud or soft a sound is for example a subway is 90 decibels and inside a car on the highway is 70 decibels.

No volume A little volume

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Pitch and volume are measured in .....

Pitch is measured in units called a hertz. A frequency of

  • ne vibration every second is
  • ne hertz. Volume is measured

in decibels. Sound waves are measured on an oscilloscope. The higher waves produce a louder sound and lower waves produce a softer sound.

This is a oscilloscope These are sound waves This is one hertz

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High pitch vs. low pitch

The words high or low are used to determine somethings

  • pitch. A high pitch on an
  • scilloscope would have

higher sound waves meanwhile a low pitch on an

  • scilloscope would have a

lower sound wave.

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Loud volume v.s. Soft volume

Volume is how loud or soft a sound can be.Loud volume is when a sound comes out louder. A soft volume is when a sound comes out softer. For example when you sing your voice can come out loud or soft that is volume.

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Different sound waves