question about frequency/pitch/tone?

[hippocampus]

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what is the difference between frequency/pitch/tone?

 

[Shrike]

Frequency and pitch are the same thing, though pitch applies only to sound, and usually is applied only to audible sound.

Tone, I think can be context-dependent -- could mean pitch or timbre, the latter being a more complex characteristic involving a set of frequencies interfering (constructively and destructively) with each other. This latter quality is BSM (Beyond the Scope of the MCAT).

If you want more details, give a specific problem using the word "tone" to describe sound.

 

[Shrike]

Addendum: I realized after posting this that in music, tone is sometimes used synonymous with pitch, and therefore frequency.