It is determined by the frequency of wave vibrations per second, or hertzes; the more hertzes, the higher the pitch. Human hearing ranges from a low of about 20 hertzes to a high of 20000 hertzes.

Ha! I see. You have got me in a cleft stick.

The bowl is in the Renaissance style, with winged figures supporting coronals and wreaths of flowers, and on the edge is an emblematic figure pouring out water.

And how doth my cousin, your bedfellow? and your fairest daughter and mine, my god-daughter Ellen?