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Module 1 — What music is · 1.2

Sound is vibration

Pluck a string and it wiggles the air. Fast wiggles sound high, slow wiggles sound low. That's the whole secret — everything else in music is built on it.

Sound is air wiggling. Faster wiggles = higher sound. Drag and listen!

220 wiggles per second (220 Hz)

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