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15 Cards in this Set
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vibrations
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are back and forth movements of matter
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sound
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is a form of energy that travels through matter as waves
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compression
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air pressure is greater
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rarefraction
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air pressure is lower
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crests
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represent the compression of a sound wave
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troughs
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represent the rarefrations
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wave length
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depends on the frequency
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frequency
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number of completed waves
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amplitude
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a loud sound represented by a sound wave
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overtones
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the bending of these produce a unique qulity
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timbre
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the qulity of a musical tone
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pitch
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is the highness or lowness of a sound
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hertz
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the frequency of a sound wave is measured int his
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frequency
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is the number of waves passing a location
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octave
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a sires of eight notes
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