How are pitch and volume affected by the speed or location of an object?
Pitch is related to frequency (which only depends on the source) Volume is related to amplitude (which reduces over time as energy gets dissipated)
An object moving towards you will be heard as having a higher frequency (the sound waves get "bunched up") An object moving away from you will be heard as having a lower frequency (the sound waves get "stretched out") Volume does not get affected by speed. Pitch doesn't get affected by location, but volume does.
I couldn't get a precise definition of pitch so wasn't sure whether or not to include Doppler effect. Apparently, I should :)
Pitch essentially means frequency. Idk if it's an "official" definition though.
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