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I ran across this extremely well-done video on the science of sound, frequencies, and pitch via the lovely people on my Twitter feed. This video is an excellent, fun, and engaging explanation of how sounds change from vibrations in the air to things our brains can perceive and interpret. Vi Hart seems to have made many other videos on mathematics and science, but of course this one is my favorite because of the relation to science and music!