Pitch is perceptual while frequency is acoustic, and not all sounds have pitch

Evidence

The results of the simulation plotted in Fig. 2 evidence that, as in Santurette and Dau ( 2011 ), the predicted pitch values are always related to TE × TSFperiod and never related to TEperiod . This is strongly consistent with the results reported by the authors. The results of the simulation plotted in Fig. 3 are strongly consistent with Oxenham et al. ( 2011 ). Using a plausible refractory period of 2500 Hz, the simulation is able to extract the TE × TSFperiod even if the TSFperiod are too fast to be correctly encoded. The decrease in performances reported in Oxenham et al. ( 2011 ) when increasing the F0 from 1200 Hz to up to 2000 Hz is also simulated. This decrease is probably explained by a decrease in resolvability (less and less interactions between harmonic components) when increasing the F0. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 4638 (#expands, via linked claim)

In each case, the highest common factor of the components is f0. This method also provides a basis for understanding how a pitch is perceived for non-harmonic sounds, such as bells or chime bars, whose components are not exact harmonics (integer multipliers) of the resulting f0. — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 864 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Human pitch sense spans 0 to roughly 5000 Hz, distinct from partial perception; Helmholtz wrongly assumed every heard pitch requires a physically present partial; Pitch maps to repetition frequency but is not a simple physical property. (+5 more)

Related

• Pitch perception codes operate in parallel and can compensate for each other’s loss (similarity 0.91)
• Perceived pitch is set primarily by fundamental frequency. (similarity 0.90)
• High-pitched sounds above 5 kHz offer few harmonics, so pitch perception degrades sharply. (similarity 0.89)
• Human pitch sense spans 0 to roughly 5000 Hz, distinct from partial perception (similarity 0.89)
• Perception of changing sound requires simultaneous time and frequency resolution (similarity 0.88)
• A perceived pitch can exist with no partial at its own frequency. (similarity 0.88)
• Hearing analyzes pitch through both place and timing mechanisms (similarity 0.88)
• Highest common factor of partials encodes perceived pitch (similarity 0.88)
• Helmholtz wrongly assumed every heard pitch requires a physically present partial (similarity 0.87)
• The central debate in pitch perception is whether humans are essentially walking Fourier analyzers (similarity 0.87)
• Pitch perception involves both spectral and temporal representations of sound (similarity 0.87)
• Pitch perception depends on harmonics being integer multiples of the fundamental (similarity 0.87)
• Pitch of harmonic sounds is determined by the fundamental frequency. (similarity 0.87)
• Raising fundamental frequency worsens pitch perception by reducing harmonic resolvability (similarity 0.87)
• Musical pitch perception spans roughly 30 Hz to 4 kHz. (similarity 0.87)

Broader Connections

• Pitch perception involves both spectral and temporal representations of sound #expands (0.85) — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 4638
• Pitch perception depends on harmonics being integer multiples of the fundamental #complicates (0.75) — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 864