Tutorial sp-m1.1

[Patricia M]

I’m currently going over the first part of the SP tutorial, and I’m not quite sure what some questions refer to.
For example:

–Measure some pitch periods manually – since pitch is the perceptual correspondence to the fundamental frequency, should we be measuring that?

–Look at the violin at different registers – – What are ‘registers’? Are they just the different variations in pitch?

I get the feeling that I can only analyse these sounds in very simple terms; should I be looking at any extra material?

Sorry if these are very basic questions.

[Simon]

The terms ‘pitch period’ and ‘fundamental period’ are used interchangeably in the field. You’re right that this is technically incorrect.

‘Register’ here just means ‘in a different frequency range’.

Don’t worry if you think you are only analysing these sounds in very simple terms: you are – that’s the point here: just get get our hands on some audio samples and inspect them. Do the readings as well as the exercises – they will help.

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