Part 1 · Music Theory Fundamentals

Example 1.5

The note circle, up and down

What you hear

C4 up to C5 in half steps (named with sharps), a beat of silence, then C5 down to C4 (named with flats); eighth notes at 120 a minute, 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?