Chapter Objectives:

• Describe the characteristics of musical tones in terms of pitch. loudness, and quality.
• Differentiate between graphical representations of music and noise
• Differentiate between sound intensity and loudness.
• Describe what determines the musical quality of a note.
• Identify the three principle classes of musical instruments.
• Discuss Fourier's discoveries abaout complex periodic wave patterns.

Chapter Terms:

• pitch
• intensity
• loudness
• quality
• partial tone
• fundamental frequency
• harmonic
• Fourier analysis

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Chapter Outline Framework:

• Pitch
• Soiund Intensity and Loudness
• Quality
• Musical Instruments
• Fourier Analysis
• Compact Discs

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