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    The document explores the basic properties of sound waves through two investigations. The first investigation looks at the perception of frequency and how pitch is determined by the frequency of sound waves, with higher frequencies corresponding to higher pitches. The second investigation examines how sound can contain multiple frequencies at once and explores how different combinations of frequencies are perceived. It finds that while some combinations can be distinguished as separate frequencies, others blend together or sound dissonant depending on the relationship between the frequencies.

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    Investigation 1B: Musical sounds

    Essential questions: How do we understand sound?


    How can sound contain so much information?

    For most people, sound creates one of the richest information flows into your brain. Sound is also a
    model for a whole class of physical phenomena involving waves. The creation, transmission, and
    recording of sound have driven a host of human inventions from the earliest musical instruments, to
    mp3 players and electric guitars. This investigation explores some of the basic properties of sound
    waves.

    Part 1: The perception of frequency


    1. Use the interactive keyboard to play and observe different single-note sounds.
    2. The volume control on your computer sets the volume.

    Questions
    a. What property of sound corresponds to the perception of high or low pitch?

    b. How long does a single oscillation of a 349 Hz sound wave take?

    c. Can you come up with a mathematical relationship between the frequency of a sound and the
    time it takes to make one complete oscillation (the period)?

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    Part 2: The richness of sound
    1. Listen to two different frequencies of sound at the same time.
    2. Play notes that are close together and notes that are far apart.
    3. Play notes that have the same name but different frequencies.

    Questions
    a. Can you distinguish the two individual frequencies?

    b. How does a 2-frequency sound wave compare with a single frequency?

    c. Are there combinations that sound bad and, if so, when do they occur?

    d. Draw a sketch of the waveform for two notes that have the same name but different
    frequencies and describe it in words. How does it compare to the waveform for the lower
    frequency alone?

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