MUSI 1900 Study Guide - Chordophone, Christine Blair, Vibrato
22 Apr 2013
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The absence of sound: it is a relative concept and we rarely experience absolute science since the basic functions of our body and daily life activities produce sound. Vibrations give rise to sound waves, which in turn affects the eardrums and set into motion a multi- stage process of auditory perception. The purposeful organization of the quality, pitch, duration, and intensity, of the sound: can also be defined as organized sound that is meaningful to people at a specific time and place. People of different cultural backgrounds can define it differently. There is no specific universally assigned definition to music. Example: the venda people in south african music are believed to be founded not on melody, but on a rhythmical stirring of the whole body, of which singing is but one extension. The color of a sound, arising from acoustical properties of the harmonic series.
