{"id":4915,"date":"2020-11-30T12:20:32","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T17:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww2.thejamcatsmusic.com\/morriscounty\/?p=4915"},"modified":"2021-02-10T11:14:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T16:14:04","slug":"4915","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejamcatsmusic.com\/morriscounty\/blog\/2020\/11\/30\/4915\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pitch is Good!"},"content":{"rendered":"

December is Pitch Month here at The Jam Cats! Pitch is how high or low a sound is. Smaller instruments generally play higher sounds and larger instruments generally play lower sounds. For example, a piccolo plays very high pitches and is very small. The tuba plays very low pitches and is very large. Think of three bongo drums. The smallest of the three will play the highest pitch, the largest drum will play the lowest pitch, and the medium size drum will play a pitch that is in between the two. On a piano, the further to the right the notes, the shorter the strings inside the instrument and the higher the pitch. Similarly, with a xylophone, the bars are largest on the left, creating lower pitches. These pitches are named using the musical alphabet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here, Mr. DJ demos Lollipop Drums. Notice the difference in pitch when he uses a larger drum!<\/p>\n