SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
HEARING
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Amount of energy in a wave(Loudness)
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Characteristics of sound
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Determined by wavelengths of sound
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Conversion of sound waves into neural impulses
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Detailed explanation-1: -The quality or timbre of sound is that characteristic which enables us to distinguish one sound from another having the same pitch and loudness. The sound which is more pleasant is said to be of a rich quality.
Detailed explanation-2: -There are four sound qualities: pitch, duration, intensity and timbre.
Detailed explanation-3: -The different types of timbre are as follows: Hamonic-A concert where all the musicians are playing their instruments in the same rhythm. Polyphonic-In this case, independent musical parts overlap. Monophonic-In this scene, a single musical line is played.
Detailed explanation-4: -Timbre (pronounced TAM-bər) is the sound quality, or tone quality, of a note played on a particular musical instrument. Two musical instruments can play identical pitches at identical volumes and still produce distinct musical sounds, or timbres.
Detailed explanation-5: -Sound quality or timbre is that characteristic of sound that can distinguish two sounds of the same loudness and pitch produced by two different instruments.