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The terms high and low in relationship to pitch are arbitrary. How cool is that?

In the west we call the notes which have a slower rate of vibration Low, and those with a faster rate High.

Which actually seems pretty obvious. I could have rewritten the sentence as

In the west we call the notes which have a lower rate of vibration Low, and those with a higher rate High.

But back in the day the Greeks talked about pitch the other way around.

Cool huh!

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