Hello, I am Daniel Sellanes from So Paulo, Brazil.

This lesson is for

week 1 of Introduction To Music Production at oursera.or!. I will "e
teachin! a"out one of the #udio Basics as$ects% &re'uenc(.
FREQUENCY
An audio frequency is defned as a periodic vibration whose frequency
is audible to the average human. Its is the property of sound that most
determines pitch and timber of an instrument, per example. It's measured in
Hert !H", which means #ycles per $econd.
In general, human beings can hear between %&H and %&,&&&H, or
%&'H. (hat's not necessarily true in all aspects, because it depends on
environmental factors and vary from each one of us individually. (here are
cases of young people sensing above %&'H, although below %&H the
sound can be felt rather than heard, if there's enough Amplitude.
)elow there are some frequencies and how it's related to our hearing*
Frequency (Hz) Octave Description
16 to 32 1st
The human threshold of
hearing, and the lowest
pedal notes of a pipe
organ.
32 to 512 2nd to 5th
Rhythm frequencies,
where the lower and upper
bass notes lie.
512 to 2048 6th to 7th
Defines human speech
intelligibility, gives a horn-
like or tinny quality to
sound.
2048 to 8192 8th to 9th
Gives presence to speech,
where labial and fricative
sounds lie.
8192 to 16384 10th
Brilliance, the sounds of
bells and the ringing of
cymbals and sibilance in
speech.
Inside music production, the importance of frequency is related to
some effects that we use to manipulate the sound, specially the (I+),-.
(he timber is the collection of sound in multiple frequencies. It's not wrong
to thin. about of each instrument or voice as it has different properties and
timber, with its own /0A.
,ach sound that we perceive has, apart from the 1undamental
1requency !the one that we can hear most" partials frequencies that
compound the total timber. $o, that really means that one note of an
instrument, per example, it's not 2ust one3 It's a combination of multiple
frequencies, that human ears tend to group harmonically4related frequency
components into a single sensation. -ather than perceiving the individual
harmonics of a musical tone, humans perceive them together as a tone color
or timbre, and the overall pitch is heard as the fundamental of the harmonic
series being experienced.
5hen there's need to change a frequency of a sound in an ,6, this
means that the (imber of this sound it's not properly satisfactory. 0ot the
loudness. )oosting or decreasing some areas on the ,6 will morph the
sound eventually to a complete different output than the original input,
modifying it radically, what producers can do it to correct or to create a
surprising new sound.
1requency defnitely its a ma2or sound aspect to be wor.ed on,
wherever you are 2ust fnalising your production, correcting music instrument
arrangements to ft each one in the right range, creating new sounds, new
colours to your music.