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A high pitched sound will show up as more cycles across the screen of our oscilloscope than a lower pitched sound would (for the same settings on our instrument). Let's delve in a bit to see what's up.

With our oscilloscope (just scope from here on out) set up and a function generator set to sine wave and coupled into the vertical, we can get a look at the sine wave by cranking on the controls. With the vertical control, which is usually volts/division, we can make the waveform appear "shorter" or "taller" on the screen. By changing the horizontal control (the sweep), we can "stretch" the signal to see more cycles or "compress" it to see fewer cycles.

Given that the controls on the scope allow us to "tailor" the presentation on the screen, we usually set up so that the vertical deflection makes the signal go from near the bottom to near the top. We don't want to "clip" it, but we don't want a "tiny" waveform either. The accuracy of our measurement of amplitude is best when we have the signal take up most of the screen. The same applies to the horizontal. By adjusting the sweep, we can reach a point where one cycle fills the screen left to right. If we then go to our function generator and increase the frequency of the output, we'll see the waveform being "compressed" left to right, and more cycles will appear across the screen.

We've seen that a higher pitched sound will result in a greater number of cycles appearing across the screen of our scope than would appear if we look at a lower pitched sound with the same settings.

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They would have very short wavelengths, higher peaks and troughs, and a faster wave speed.

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