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Sound Frequency, Pitch, and Musical Instruments (5.4.3 & 5.4.4)
Sound Frequency, Pitch, and Musical Instruments (5.4.3 & 5.4.4)
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Why will Straw D produce a lower pitched sound?
There is more air to vibrate so it vibrates slower.
There is more air to vibrate so it vibrates faster.
There is less air to vibrate so it vibrates slower.
There is less air to vibrate so it vibrates faster.
2
A bass guitar creates very low pitched sounds. How is it different than a regular guitar?
It has thinner strings
It has thicker strings
It isn't different. It is just played in a different way.
3
Percussion instruments all work by____________.
Banging or striking a surface
Plucking a string
Blowing air through them
4
What kind of instruments create sound by blowing through them.
Percussion
Winds and brass
String
5
Which of the following is NOT a way to make a higher pitched sound on a guitar?
Pluck a thinner string
Pluck a shorter string
Pluck a thicker string
6
What is true about all of these instruments?
They cause the matter around or in them to vibrate.
They are all low pitched.
They work by blowing air through them.
They are all high pitched.
7
Which of the following create sound by vibrating strings?
Violin
Guitar
All are correct
Cello
8
Sounds that have a high frequency also have long wavelengths.
TRUE
FALSE
There is no way to know for sure.
9
Blowing through a straw will make sound. Which one of these straws will make the lowest pitch?
Straw B
Straw A
Straw C
Straw D
10
Which of these drums will produce a sound with the highest frequency?
The two drums in the middle
Don't click this answer. It is not correct.
The drum on the left
The drum on the right
11
A sound with a high pitch will have a high frequency sound wave.
FALSE
TRUE
There is no way to tell for sure.
12
Which of the following does not create sound by hitting it so is not in the percussion family?
A gong
A drum
A xylophone
A saxophone
13
If you tap these bottles, which one will produce the highest pitch sound?
A
C
D
B
14
The number of sound waves that pass a point in one second is known as _____________.
Frequency
Amplitude
Pitch
Wavelength
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Which of these waves belongs to a sound with the lowest pitch?
4
3
2
1
