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Chapter 1
Sound: Pitch, Dynamics and Tone Color
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Music
Undergraduate 4
08/10/2009
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Term
Sound
 Definition
Vibrations transmitted, usually through air, to the eardrum which sends impulses to the brain
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Music
 Definition
an art based on the organizations of sounds in time
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Pitch
 Definition
the relative highness or lowness of a sound
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Tone
 Definition
a sound that has a definite pitch
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Interval
 Definition
the "distance" in pitch between any two tones
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octave
 Definition
interval between two tones in which the higher tone has twice the frequency of the lower tone
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