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Pitch
the highness or lowness of sound based on frequency of vibration
The location of a musical sound in the tonal scale which is determined by the vibration frequency. The present day standard of pitch is a'=435 vibrations (in Europe). The indication of different octaves does not have a uniform notation. The middle C is usually shown as c, and an octave lower C is shown as C. An octave higher C is shown as c'  , etc. (The whole range of Cs from the lowest to the highest on the piano are: 
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