MUSC 171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Big Joe Turner, Bill Haley
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Pitch: the highness or lowness of a sound. When you can repeat it back it is known as a definite pitch. A sound that does not have a pitch we can repeat it is known as an indefinite pitch. Tone: duration, intensity and volume of a note. Dynamics: the loudness or softness of a sound. A decrescendo is when the note gets quieter and a crescendo is when a note gets louder. Italian words because in the 1700s, italy was in the centre of the music hemisphere. Timbre: the quality of a sound; is it raspy, clear, etc. Mercedes benz by janice joplin is an example of thick timbre; there is a rasp, rawness to her voice. Timbre can refer to a voice or instrument. You can describe it as full or thin. Tone colour: this refers to the timbre of a note or song.
