{"id":176,"date":"2012-11-06T16:19:10","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T00:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garygarrett.me\/?p=176"},"modified":"2024-01-06T13:00:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T21:00:11","slug":"notes-and-intervals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.garygarrett.me\/?p=176","title":{"rendered":"Notes and Intervals"},"content":{"rendered":"

A note<\/a>, in music, is a sound with a particular pitch.\u00a0Pitch is frequency, measured in cycles per second, or Hertz (Hz). The faster the vibration, the higher the pitch.<\/p>\n

A vibration, at, say, 220 Hz, all by itself is a note by that general definition. But the note doesn’t acquire its distinct personality until it’s considered in relation to some other note. That relationship is called an interval<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here is that 220 Hz note, played on a cello, all by itself:\u00a0220 Hz<\/a><\/p>\n

Here it is in relation to a note an octave below, vibrating half as fast, at 110 Hz:\u00a0220 and 110<\/a><\/p>\n

This interval sounds simple to the ear. In fact, it’s a first introduction to perhaps the basic miracle of music — the octave. Somehow, our ears and brains process this interval, the ratio of 2:1, as being the same note! More on this later.<\/p>\n

But now play it with a note vibrating at 1\/3 of its frequency, or 73.33 Hz. The 220 Hz note acquires a very different character: 220 and 73<\/a><\/p>\n

And now with a note at 1\/5 its frequency, 44 Hz: 220 and 44<\/a><\/p>\n

Even though the 220 Hz note always has the same pitch, in a different context it has a different personality and function.<\/p>\n

The lattice of the Flying Dream video does not show absolute pitch. Each intersection, or node,\u00a0represents a note, named according to its relationship to one special note: the Tonic.<\/p>\n

Next: The Tonic<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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