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16 Cards in this Set
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Timbre: |
Sound waves combined |
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Intensity: |
How loud or soft a note is |
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Duration: |
How long or short a note is |
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Pitch: |
How high or low a note is |
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Vibration: |
Sound energy travels in sound waves |
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Energy: |
Sound occurs when an object is moved by force; sound moves the air or matter around us |
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Waves: |
The inicial vibration used to make a sound vibrates the matter, sorrounding it in a chain reaction and creating waves |
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Silence |
Lack of Hearing |
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Noise |
Disagreeable auditory experience; sound waves are irregular |
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Frequency: |
Number of vibrations per sec; Hz |
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Amplitude: |
Compression, Rarefaction |
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Wavelength; High Pitch: |
Short wavelengths, high frequency |
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Wavelength; Low pitch |
High wavelengths, low frequency |
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Speed of Sound |
Depends on the density and elasticity |
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Ultrasounds: |
Are waves with frequencies so high that humans cannot hear it, and with shorter wavelengths than usual. |
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Infrasounds: |
Infrasounds have frequencies so low that humans cannot hear it |
