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What is duration?
Duration tell us if a sound is long or short.
What is pitch?
Pitch tells us if a sound is high or low.
What is another word for pitch?
Tone
What is timbre?
Timbre helps us distinguish if what we hear is a voice, an instrument, an animal, or an object.
What is duration related to?
Rhythm
What is the vibration of sound waves reach the ear and our brain?
A receiver
What is it called when an object vibrates, it emits sound waves.
An emitter
What is it called when sound waves travel through the air or water at different speeds.
Transmission channel
When an object vibrates what does it emit?
Waves
What do we use to measure the frequency of vibration?
Hertz
List one thing that makes sound waves different?
Duration, pitch, intensity, timbre
What do we use to measure the amplitude of waves?
Decibels
How do we measure duration?
Seconds
Who is John Cage and what conclusion did he reach?
A North American composer that reached the conclusion that total silence does not exist.
What do you call a piece of metal that emits the note La or A when hit.
A tuning fork
What does pitch depend on?
The wave frequency
