MUSICOL 139 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Early Music, Hearing Loss, Octave
21 Oct 2018
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Vibrations transmitted through a elastic material or a solid, liquid, or gas, with frequencies in the approximate range of 20 to 20,000 hertz (detectable sounds) Sensation stimulated in the organs of hearing by such vibrations in the air or the other medium. Must distinguish between physical attributes and perception. You must be able to comprehend what is happening . If you just hear, it isn"t good enough. Frequency is the number of oscillations in 1 second. Babies only a few hours old response to human voices and range. Around 60% of chinese music students vs. 14% People can try to learn to remember notes. Highest tone of piano is 4186 cycles/second, lowest is about 27. Often higher frequencies; trouble with fricatives like s, z, and f. Combinations of sine waves known as spectrum. In life, individual tones also have a spectrum. Whether individual or combined, our ears accommodate thespectrum and through cognition decipher.
