成人快手

A cartoon girl playing music on a xylophone for a mouse.

What is pitch?

There are lots of sounds all around us. We use different words to help describe these sounds.

In music, pitch is the word we use to describe how high or low a sound is.

The squeak of a mouse is a high pitched sound while the roar of a lion is a low pitched sound.

A cartoon girl playing music on a xylophone for a mouse.
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A cartoon boy with hands in the air ready to move

Watch: YolanDa - Bass face

Listen carefully to the different instruments as YolanDa and her band play.

Can you move along with the different high pitch and low pitch sounds?

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Watch: What instruments play high or low pitch sounds?

Cartoon boy demonstrating high pitch with arms in air
Cartoon boy crouching showing low pitch
Cartoon boy clapping and stamping in time with music.

Some instruments like the flute or violin are perfect for playing high pitch sounds.

Other instruments like the double bass or the tuba are best for playing low pitch sounds.

Some instruments like the piano can play both low and high pitch sounds.

Explore high and low pitch instruments with these musicians from the 成人快手 Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Pitch perfect challenge

It's time to move! Ask family and friends to play along with this game about pitch.

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Activities

Pitch detectives

What pitch sound do you think a guitar would make?

High, low or both?

An illustrated electric guitar and an acoustic guitar.

A cartoon of a boy looking shocked.

Now with family or friends, make a list of the sounds you can hear around you.

It might be a car passing by, the doorbell or birds outside.

Do they make high pitch or low pitch sounds or both?

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Quiz

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