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| A fainter, higher tone that harmonizes with the main tone produced by a musical instrument or the human voice. |
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| A back and forth movement of matter. |
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| The highest point of a wave. |
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| A region in a sound wave where there are fewer particles than normal. |
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| A form of energy that travels through matter as waves. |
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| The long narrow hollow between two waves. |
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| A region in a sound wave where particles have been pushed together. |
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| The distance between one crest of a wave and the next crest. |
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| The number of waves (such as light or sound) produced in a unit of time, such as a second. |
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| A measure of the amount of energy in a sound wave. |
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| The quality of sound that sets one voice or musical instrument apart from another. |
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| A ___ sound is represented by a sound wave with a small amplitude. |
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| A ___ sound is represented by a sound wave with a large amplitude. |
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| Sound travels more easily through ________ than through ________. |
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| ________ often use words such as mellow, bright, or tinny to describe differences in the timbre of sounds. |
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| Music is pleasant to listen to, while noise is unpleasant. |
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| What is the difference between music and noise? |
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| frequency, wavelength, amplitude |
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| What are the 3 main characteristics of a sound? |
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| If there were no air to conduct the sound, no sound would be heard. |
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| Would you be able to hear if there were no air in the room? |
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| The child's voice is higher pitched. |
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| What is the difference between a small child's voice and an adults voice? |
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| Children have higher pitched voices than adults because their vocal cords are shorter and thinner than those of adults. |
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| Why is there a difference between a child and adult voice? |
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| Dogs can hear lower and higher sounds than humans. |
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| How does the hearing range of dogs compare with that of humans? |
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| The trumpet and the clarinet are closest to that of the human female voice. |
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| Which instrument's range of frequencies is closest to that of the human voice? |
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| Low pitched sounds have lower frequency and produce fewer sound waves per second than higher-pitched sounds. |
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| What causes a high sound to differ from a low sound? |
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| A unit used to measure wave frequency. |
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| An electronic device that can produce a wide variety of sounds. |
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| The highness or lowness of a sound. |
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| The series of eight notes that makes up a musical scale. |
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