PSYC2274 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Musical Tone, Middle Ear, Ossicles
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This is created by any tone that you hear, be it a voice, musical instrument, glass hitting the floor, etc. A pure tone will have one single line at a certain point on the frequency scale. This is known as the fundamental frequency, or pitch. Any other non-pure tone will have many other sinusoids/lines at multiple other frequencies (also known as harmonics). It depends on the kinds of harmonics on top of the fundamental frequency. For instance, a tenor saxophone playing middle c sounds different from the piano because it has a different set of harmonics. This allows you to see the difference between two or more things/instruments! This is the outer ear, which includes the ear canal. The shape of the pinna matters, as it not only reflects sound into the ear canal, but also alters it slightly depending upon the direction of the source. This is made up of the eardrum (tympanic membrane) and the ossicles.
