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Avichal
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I am trying to understand how our brain interprets sound and I am bumped on a few things.
We can differentiate between different frequencies of sound (athough if they are close enough we might get confused).
And there is something called pitch which is a subjective realisation of frequency of sound by our brain.
Now there is something called an octave which I don't understand. When you double the frequency you go an octave higher. For eg:- If the frequency is x Hz and you make it 2x Hz then it is an octave higher. But it turns out that 2x Hz and x Hz sound similar to us? Why is that?
Also why the factor two? Is it something related to music or does it relate to how our brain is structured?
We can differentiate between different frequencies of sound (athough if they are close enough we might get confused).
And there is something called pitch which is a subjective realisation of frequency of sound by our brain.
Now there is something called an octave which I don't understand. When you double the frequency you go an octave higher. For eg:- If the frequency is x Hz and you make it 2x Hz then it is an octave higher. But it turns out that 2x Hz and x Hz sound similar to us? Why is that?
Also why the factor two? Is it something related to music or does it relate to how our brain is structured?