Sonic Characteristics

Each sound wave has properties that characterize its frequency, for instance, pitch, wavelength, timbre, amplitude, and intensity ("Sound Waves | Amplitude, Frequency and Wavelength | Timbre", 2016); for the present, it is essential to know the fundamentals of sound; Likewise, with light waves, sound frequencies have a range ("Characteristics of Sound", 2016).

In sound, amplitude alludes to the size of pressure and development experienced by the medium the sound wave is going through; This amplitude is seen by our ears as an uproar, and high amplitude is proportional to uproarious sounds (Howard & Angus, 2006).

Intensity is the characteristic of sound that discloses to us the distinction between a loud sound and a delicate sound ("Unit 1: QUALITIES OF SOUND", 2017). It relies upon the wave amplitude, the distance between the peaks of highest vibration. It is measured in units called decibels (dB). Another subject within intensity is dynamics, which is the loudness and the softness of a musical piece or composition ("Unit 1: QUALITIES OF SOUND", 2017).

The waveform portrayal changes over the pressure variations of sound waves into a pictorial diagram which is simpler to understand ("Sound Waves | Amplitude, Frequency and Wavelength | Timbre", 2016). A sound wave is made of regions of high pressure exchanged by a range of low pressure; The physical separation between two continuous peaks or valleys in a sound wave is alluded to as the wavelength of the sound wave (Thompson, 2005).

The pitch is the characteristics of a musical sound which relies on the frequency; the sound with low frequency is referred to as a low pitch sound and the sound with high frequency is referred to as a high pitch sound ("Characteristics of musical sound - Reference Notes", 2014).

Timbre measures the many-sided quality of sound; The quality of sound relies on the number, the dynamics and intensity of the music, present in the sound. An unadulterated sound creates a similarly less satisfying impact on ears at that point sound comprising of a no of harmonic ("Characteristics of musical sound - Reference Notes", 2014).

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