Here’s a violin playing the note G (with frequency 784 Hz), followed by a flute playing the same note:
Violin & Flute Playing G5
Sounds from the Philharmonia Orchestra’s free sound samples / CC BY-SA 3.0.
In part 1 of this series on what makes a musical sound, we looked at two basic properties of a musical note – its pitch and loudness. Since these two … Read the rest