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Musical Pitch.(Brief Article)

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You can make sounds many different ways. Remember do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do? As you sang the scale, did you hear the notes go higher? You can play a scale with bottles.

You can control the sound of the notes by controlling the amount of air in the bottles.

Experiment with a musical scale. Work with a partner.

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