Pitch
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The pitch of a note is how low or high it sounds - if a cow's moo is low and a mouse squeak is high! :)
On the piano, low notes are to the left, higher to the right.
On sheet music, the pitch is alphabetical from A to G as you climb the lines and spaces - see note reading.
Sometimes symbols are added to change the pitch of notes:
(#) - sharp - raise note a semitone
(b) - flat - lower note a semitone
These two are less common, they double the effect:
(x) - double-sharp - raise note a whole tone
(bb) - double-flat - lower note a whole tone