Class 8: Pitch Names

If the frequency of the C in the middle is 256 Hz, the corresponding frequencies on either side of that C are: Select one: - 1024 Hz on the one to the right, and 512 Hz on the one to the left - 512 Hz on the one to the right, and 128 Hz on the one to the left - 128 Hz on the one to the right, and 512 Hz on the one to the left - 64 Hz on the one to the right, and 512 Hz on the one to the left

512 Hz on the one to the right, and 128 Hz on the one to the left

The name of the white key to the immediate left of the group of two black keys on the keyboard is: Select one: - B - F - C

C

The letter name for each white key on the keyboard is fixed regardless of the musical context of a composition. Select one: - True - False

False

Please use the text field to enter your answer. The interval between any two adjacent C's on the keyboard is called a/an

Octave

Please use the text field to enter your answer. The black key to the right of G is called G _____

Sharp

The pitch letter names correspond to: Select one: - The black keys on a piano keyboard - The white keys on a piano keyboard - Alternate white and black keys on a piano keyboard - The white and black keys on a piano keyboard

The white keys on a piano keyboard

We refer to specific pitches or tones with letter names using the letters A through G. Select one: - True - False

True

If you take any pitch on the keyboard, the next occurrence of the same letter name going towards the left (down) will vibrate: Select one: - Twice as slow - Twice as fast - At 256 Hz plus the harmonic of the first pitch - At twice the speed minus the square root of the first pitch.

Twice as slow

According to the text, there are always ____ keys from a letter name to its next occurrence up or down the keyboard. Select one: - three - two - seven - eight

eight

The black key to the right of the F on this keyboard can be called F sharp or G Select one: - adjacent - flat - lower - sharp

flat