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Three original pitch-contour cue candidates · educator holdFoundation Music · T2 W13–14 · Audio · Asset Index

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These short mono 16-bit PCM 22,050 Hz WAVs are generated from scratch. LOW is a pure 330 Hz tone and HIGH a pure 495 Hz tone, each 0.10 seconds. Event starts are 0.10, 0.60, 1.10 and 1.60 seconds; the file lasts 2.40 seconds with silence after the last short tone. Both tones have the same programmed digital amplitude, which does not guarantee equal perceived loudness on a device. This is an invented relative pair, not an instrument, song, cultural melody, standard note-naming lesson or required vocal range. Timing describes these files, not a pace a child must copy.

All files are candidate, not cleared for classroom use until a human educator listens, checks comfortable volume and actual speaker behaviour on the intended equipment, and offers a complete no-sound route. No child voice or data is captured, and no autoplay is built in.

Candidate Exact event transcript Complete quiet route
cue-a-hold-rise.wav (playback review held) Place 1 at 0.10 s LOW 330 Hz; 2 at 0.60 s LOW 330 Hz; 3 at 1.10 s HIGH 495 Hz; 4 at 1.60 s HIGH 495 Hz. Four separate 0.10 s events, with quiet gaps. Direction SAME / UP / SAME. A two-rail sheet: four broad LOW/LOW/HIGH/HIGH cards on fixed rails, then three SAME/UP/SAME join cards.
cue-b-zigzag.wav (playback review held) 0.10 s LOW 330 Hz; 0.60 s HIGH 495 Hz; 1.10 s LOW 330 Hz; 1.60 s HIGH 495 Hz. Four separate 0.10 s events and quiet gaps. Direction UP / DOWN / UP. B two-rail sheet: trace four marks and three joins by raised level or neutral read-aloud.
cue-d-arch.wav (playback review held) 0.10 s LOW 330 Hz; 0.60 s HIGH 495 Hz; 1.10 s HIGH 495 Hz; 1.60 s LOW 330 Hz. Four separate 0.10 s events and quiet gaps. Direction UP / SAME / DOWN. D arch sheet: LOW/HIGH/HIGH/LOW on fixed rails and three direction cards.

The educator's review checks sharpness, distortion, level, speaker artefacts and class comfort. Keep the quiet route available after any approval. Opening a file does not demonstrate a child heard the pitch difference, could reproduce it or wanted to hear it.