Practice with Pitch

What is pitch?

• How loud or soft a sound is

• How high or low a sound is

• When sound bounces of a hard, solid object

• How often we hear sounds

What are the properties of pitch?

• Tightness, Color, Thickness

• Hardness, Length, Color

• Tightness, Length, Thickness

• Thickness, Material, Size

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Which choice represents a change you could make to the violin in order to create a high pitch?

• loosen a string

• make a string longer

• tighten a string

• make a string thicker

Which choice represents a change you can make to the recorder in order to make a lower pitch?

• make the instrument shorter

• make the instrument longer

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What would happen if you tighten the strings on this guitar?

• It would have a lower pitch

• It would have a higher pitch

• It would have no effect on the sound

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which string on the guitar would have the lowest pitch?

• Strings 1

• Strings 2

• String 3

• They all have the same pitch

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which bungee cord has the highest pitch?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Bungee cord D has the lowest pitch, Why?

• It is green

• Its the thinnest

• Its the longest

• Its tighter

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What could you do to make the drum have a lower pitch?

• tighten the skin

• loosen the skin

The highest pitch is made by the _________________ instrument.

• longest

• wooden

• shortest

• biggest