MUS 1751 : FINAL Exam Study Guide
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Pitch: the musical term for the highness or lowness of sound; measured in letter values: a-g. Frequency: the scientific term for highness or lowness of sound; measured in hertz value. Dynamics: the musical term for the loudness or softness of sound; measured in italian terms. Amplitude: the scientific term for volume of sound; measured in decibels. Overtones: the higher notes contained within any pitch; the fundamental. Partials: the scientific term for fractional vibrations which produce overtone. Tone colour: the quality of sound that differentiates one instrument from the other. Timbre: same as tone color: quality of sound. Rhythm: the time aspect of music; how fast or slow and how long or short notes are to be played. Melody: an organized series of pitches intended to be heard predominately; they can move by step: conjunctly, or by skips and leaps: disjunctly. Interval: how distance is measured in music; the spatial and aural difference b/w one pitch and another.
