The Difference Between Pitch, Note, and Tone

This is episode 1 of the music fundamentals series!

What's a pitch? What's a note? What's a tone? Let's explore together!
This is just the beginning of a deep dive into the very basics of music. From here we'll work towards rhythm, building chords, understand melody, and so much more. Please feel free to ask any clarifying questions down below!

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:07 Part One: Pitch
03:41 Part Two: Note
04:34 Part Three: Tone

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[astrovanman]

The last summarizing sentence is a delightful satisfying cherry on top that was being subtlety teased at us throughout the well-worded and easily consumable music theory Sundae!

Pitch: what you sing
Note: how you sing it
Tone: how it sounds

[ivan-nmxn]

I was raised by a musician, and learned piano at very early age before changing to violin, until I was about 15 when I gave up on music. I'm an applied mathematician now, and always told myself I should revisit my study of music theory, of which I forgot almost everything by now, and see it through the lens of the math and physics of it... So, I found your video on chance and loved your approach! I'll be watching a whole lot more of your videos. Thanks!

[cynthcomda]

Now your speaking my language! I hardly know a thing about playing instruments. The synopsis helped a lot too

[kbox]

Best part is your visualization. I learn through visuals and it’s helping me understand a lot. Thank you. 😊

[Zuerk]

Criminal that you don't have more subscribers, excellent and clear explanations in the few videos I've watched so far! Well done!

[E_Rico]

I am loving the visualisations, especially the waves and frequency spectrums. It allows you to logically break down the what you are sensing in your ears.

[AntonioDoesMetal]

I can’t get over how good you are at visualizing and teaching these concepts it’s unreal, gonna binge the rest of this playlist now

[robinmenil]

One of the most clearest explaination on this hard subject i have seen, thanks you keep up the good work !!

[PricelessKeertan]

In summary, pitch is about the perceived frequency of a sound, note is a symbol representing both pitch and duration in music notation, and tone is a broader term referring to the quality or character of a sound, including aspects beyond pitch and duration.

[braydenjones]

Thank you for this refresher! I enjoy the specificity and the clarity that was present in this video!! I had not thought on the difference between a pitch and a note for a little while now. It was good to hear again!

[SunnyOfficialYT]

This is definitely 1mil subs type of quality content. Lovin the channel as a beginner musician in training!

[ayo__ayo]

This is actually making music make way more sense. I never really understood why a note and it's octave would be called the same thing when it sounds different, until it is scientifically broken down as to why. Great video! Keep it up!

[WhatsTheStitch_]

I just started my Music Appreciation courses for college, and this video has helped tremendously with developing my understanding of what music is!!!! You've gained a subscriber!!!!

[dominicesteban]

I've watched hundreds of music lesson videos and still learnt new things in these few minutes; the EQ/Analyzer display was a revelation!

[brightonshumba]

Re-watch the series again, and things are making more sense the second time around, slowly but surely

[BabaYaga-bfiv]

i hv been tryin to understand the difference for days now. this explanation is so clear n concise. thanks!

[davidchukwuocha]

Top notch Video !

Very clear and precise explanation,

Solid visuals to support the explanation,

Very clear communication and simplification of the complex subject matter.


I'm really looking forward to more videos from you. Now, on the overtone series video!

[sayidhk]

Thank you. This is the perfect way to teach i think, start from the absolute basics and show examples to the learner, nothing abstract.

[LarryMenta]

This video is amazing. I'm one of those people who keeps on asking "but why?" and you described everything in detail yet easy to understand. I was looking for the percentage of pitch on CDJs and now I'm learning about how sound is created thanks to your video. You got yourself a new suscriber.

[NameName-yizi]

Great video! I've been confused over the distinction between the three for ages, and this explanation really helped. The visual demonstration with the equalizer showing the difference between pitch and tone was especially useful. Thanks for this!