Music Theory: Sounds and Their Parameters

What wave parameter is related to the amount of energy carried by the wave?

What is the logarithmic scale used to measure the intensity of sound waves?

What is the relationship between volume and intensity of a sound wave?

What is the frequency of a wave that has 262 cycles per second?

What is the frequency of the tone known as Concert A?

What is the primary factor that determines the pitch of a note?

What is the term for sounds with frequencies above 20,000 Hz?

What is the range of frequencies that humans can typically hear?

What is the term for sounds with frequencies below 20 Hz?

What is the primary thing that we perceive when we discern a difference between musical pitches?

What is the main difference between the two sound waves produced in the introduction of the lesson?

What type of wave is produced when a guitar string is plucked?

What is the term for the distance an air particle oscillates back and forth when a sound wave passes through it?

What is the characteristic of a sound wave that determines its loudness?

What is the term for the perceived highness or lowness of a sound?

Sound waves are characterized by their wavelengths, amplitudes, and other parameters.
Pitch is a property of sound that is related to the frequency of the sound wave.

Amplitude is a measure of how far particles oscillate back and forth in a longitudinal wave.
In a high-energy wave, the amplitude is large, because the particles oscillate over a large distance.
A low-energy wave has a low amplitude because the oscillations are small in size.
Amplitude is related to the energy carried by the wave.

Intensity is measured in units of energy over a certain area and time.
The decibel scale measures the intensity of sound waves.
Normal conversation is around 60 decibels, while a whisper is around 20 decibels, and a vacuum cleaner is around 80 decibels.
Volume is the perception of loudness from the intensity of a sound wave.
The volume of a sound is proportional to the amplitude of the sound wave.

Frequency is related to the period of a sound wave.
The reciprocal of the period is the frequency.
A sound wave with a frequency of 262 Hz has 262 wave cycles passing by every second.
Frequency is measured in Hertz (Hz).

Pitch is defined as the perception of frequency.
High-pitched notes have a high frequency, while low-pitched notes have a low frequency.
The acoustic range represents the sounds that humans can hear, from 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz.
Sounds above 20,000 Hz are considered ultrasound, while sounds below 20 Hz are considered infrasound.