PITCH, DURATION, INTENSITY AND TIMBRE OR TONE COLOR

DURATION TIMBRE
PITCH INTENSITY
 PITCH
IS THE QUALITY OF SOUND THAT LETS US
DISTINGUISH BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW
SOUNDS. IT DEPENDS ON THE
FREQUENCY (NUMBER OF VIBRATIONS
PER SECOND) OF THE SOUND WAVE .
WHEN THE VIBRATIONS ARE FAST , YOUR
HEAR A HIGH NOTE . WHEN THE
VIBRATIONS ARE SLOW , IT CREATES A
LOW NOTE . THE SOUND WAVES IN THE
DIAGRAM SHOW THE DIFFERENT
FREQUENCIES FROM HIGH TO LOW
SOUDS .
 DURATION
IS ONE OF THE FOUR QUALITIES OF THE
SOUND. THIS QUALITY LETS US KNOW HOW
LONG OR SHORT A SOUND IS. THE
DURATION DEPENDS ON THE PERSISTENCE
OF THE WAVES THROUGH TIME. A
TRIANGLE MAKES A LONG SOUND AND A
WOODBLOCK MAKES A SHORT SOUND.
 INTENSITY
INTENSITY OR VOLUME IS THE QUALITY
OF SOUND THAT LETS US DISTINGUISH
BETWEEN SOFT OR LOUD. IT DEPENDS
ON THE AMPLITUDE OF THE SOUND
VIBRATIONS. THE GREATER THE
VIBRATION, THE GREATER ITS AMPLITUDE
WILL BE AND LOUDER THE SOUND.

IN MUSIC, INTENSITY IS REPRESENTED BY

DYNAMIC MARKINGS. DYNAMIC IS THE
GRABATION OF SOFT AND LOUD NOTES.
THESE SYMBOLS WERE CREATED BY
COMPOSERS IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY,
IN ORDER TO PRODUCE MORE
INTERESTING AND EXPRESSIVE MUSIC.
DYNAMIC MARKINGS ARE WRITTEN
USING ITALIAN WORDS.
 TIMBRE OR TONE
COLOR

EACH INSTRUMENT HAS ITS OWN COLOR

AND PRODUCES ITS OWN COLOR MOOD
OR EMOTION. TIMBRE OR MUSICAL COLOR
LETS US DISTINGUISH ONE VOICE OR
INSTRUMENT FROM ANOTHER. IF A FLUTE
PLAYS A NOTE ,FOR THE SAME LENGTH OF
TIME , AT THE SAME VOLUME,YOU CAN
EASILY DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE TWO
SOUNDS BECAUSE A FLUTE SOUNDS
DIFFERENT FROM AN OBOE. THIS
DIFFERENCE IS IN THE TIMBRE OF THE
SOUNDS. TIMBRE CAUSED BY THE FACT THAT
EACH NOTE FROM A MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTIS A COMPLEX WAVE
CONTAINING MORE THAN ONE
FREQUENCY.
BY : AINHOA ,IRENE ,
ANDREA AND ISA