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What causes a sound to have a high or low pitch?

Updated: 8/20/2019
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12y ago

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The frequency. Think of it like this. Imagine you two waves like this:

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(A) l l__l l__l

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(B)l l_l l_l

Wave A would be lower than wave B because wave A has a lower frequency, and thus is lower.

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