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1. Preception of Sound
1.1. Pitch
Pitch
As discussed last week, pitch is the perception of the frequency of the waveform. We assign values to pitches and organize these into tuning and harmonic systems, which give rise to melody and harmony.
The frequency range most widely accepted as the human hearing range is
from 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz (20 kHz), though most humans are sensitive to
frequencies well above and below that range. But remember, most of you lost 20k a long long time ago.