Music 2250 certification - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Culture - the way of life of a people, learned and transmitted from one generation to the next Music - humanly organized sound Duration - the length a sound lasts. can be measured in seconds or milliseconds. Frequency - corresponds to the number of pressure oscillations per second; are perceived as pitches. measured in cycles per second or hertz timbre - color, quality. corresponds to the waveform of the sound wave. octave - interval between two tones, when the frequency of the "higher...

Culture - the way of life of a people, learned and transmitted from one generation to the next Music - humanly organized sound Duration - the length a sound lasts. can be measured in seconds or milliseconds. Frequency - corresponds to the number of pressure oscillations per second; are perceived as pitches. measured in cycles per second or hertz timbre - color, quality. corresponds to the waveform of the sound wave. octave - interval between two tones, when the frequency of the "higher...