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Pitch

Pitch

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The pitch of a sound can be described as whether the sound produced is high or low. This can be seen when the frequency of the sound wave is increased then the sound produced would be of a higher pitch. Hence a low pitched sound has a low frequency and a high pitched sound a high frequency.

Low pitched sound
High pitched sound

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