Part 1 · Music Theory Fundamentals

Example 1.6

One octave: A4 and A5

What you hear

A4 (440 Hz), then A5 (880 Hz), on piano

Every example in Part 1

• Example 1.1Pitch is frequency: 440 Hz, 880 Hz, then a piano
• Example 1.2A tone and a noise
• Example 1.3One pitch, four timbres
• Example 1.4Two notes, one timbre
• Example 1.5The note circle, up and down
• Example 1.6One octave: A4 and A5
• Example 1.7Out of tune, in tune: hear the beats
• Example 1.8440 Hz or 432 Hz?
• Example 1.9How small is a cent?