Pitch of periodic sounds is determinable from the waveform’s cycle period

Evidence

The temporal theory of pitch perception is based on the fact that the waveform of a sound with a strong musical pitch repeats or is periodic (see Table 3.2). An example is shown in Figure 3.1 for A4 played on four instruments. The f0 for a periodic sound can be found from a measurement of the period of a cycle of the waveform using Equation 3.1. — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 909

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 909
• XREF: connects to: Siren hole geometry directly determines pitch and tuned intervals.; A short pop can still carry a recognizable resonant pitch; Repetition pitch equals the reciprocal of the echo delay time (+14 more)

Broader Connections

• The fundamental frequency of a pitched sound is measurable from its waveform period #corroborates (0.95) — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 891
• Pitch perception corresponds to peaks in the autocorrelation function #expands (0.85) — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 2033
• Periodic pressure waves are perceived as pitched while nonperiodic ones are not #expands (0.72) — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 826