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What does the pitch of a sound mean?

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The pitch of a sound is the distance from the sound source?

The pitch of a sound means the frequency. That stays constant with distance. You mean the sound pressure level that decreases with distance.


What does this mean how high or low a sound seems?

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What does pitch mean in science terms for kids?

Pitch is the measure of how loud or soft a sound is.


What do you mean by loudnaess and pitch of sound?

Loudness means the volume, high or low, of sound, while the pitch is the degree of highness or lowness of a tone.


What is the human perception of the frequency of sound?

I think you mean pitch.


Does the temperature of water affect the pitch of sound?

Presumably you mean sound traveling through water. Temperature affects the density of water, therefore the speed of sound in water, and pitch is frequency, so yes, temperature affects pitch.


What is the relative frequency of a sound as perceived by a listener?

I think you mean pitch.


Why do people sound the same when they sing?

We don't actually all sound the same, we do sound different. But if you mean that we sound the same if we sing in tune or pitch.


What properties of sound determine the pitch of sound?

The pitch is determined by how high the sound is.


What property of sound determines the pitch of a sound?

It is the frequency of a sound that determines its pitch. The higher the frequency, the higher the pitch.


What does pitch mean in music?

Pitch represents the perceived fundamental frequency of a sound. Pitch is the frequency of vibration that produces a musical note. Intuitively, Pitch refers to the highness or lowness of notes in the music. Pitch is one of the 3 major auditory attributes of sound: pitch (frequency), loudness (volume) and timbre (sound color).


What does the word pitch mean?

Pitch can be the level of a sound. Pitch can be a black resin that you use to waterproof a boat or roof. Pitch can be a description of being very dark (without light).