What Is the Relationship Between G and A?

The molecules surrounding the violin vibrate when we play a knot. And that vibration travels through these molecules, through the air. As it does so, it encounters resistance as the air molecules bounce against one another. And thus sound comes in waves - and how many waves are created determines pitch. What determines whether something sounds grave or squeaky is simply how fast it makes the air vibrate. So the first and thickest violin string, for example, causes the air to vibrate a hundred and 96 times a second. That's not a particularly low note, because the violin has a high range. But that's the lowest note on the violin. This note causes a hundred and96 vibrations per