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    Chapter 21 Section 4

     Explain why different instruments have


    different sound qualities

     Describe how each family of musical


    instruments produces sound

     Explain how noise is different from music


     Consider a note played on a piano and on a
    violin…do they sound the same??

     Same frequency

     A single note actually comes from several


    different pitches
    ◦ Fundamental
    ◦ Overtones
     The result of several pitches mixing
    together through interference

     Each instrument has a unique sound quality


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     Due to structural differences

     All instruments produce sound by vibrating


    – variation comes from the way they vibrate

     3 main families of instruments:


    ◦ String
    ◦ Wind
    ◦ Percussion
     Violins, banjos, guitars, cello

     Plucked or bowed

     Differing thickness, pitch of strings,


    vibration from the bow, bridge, body of the
    instrument, use of amplifiers
     A vibration is created at one end of the air
    column (standing waves in the air column)

     Pitch is changed by changing the length of


    the air column

     2 groups:
    ◦ Woodwinds (saxophones, oboes, recorders)
    ◦ Brass (French horns, trombones, tubas)
     Make a sound when they are struck

     Drums, bells, cymbals

     Different sizes, different pitches

     Skins on drums vibrate when struck with


    drumsticks
     Noise: any sound that is a random mix of
    frequencies (or pitches)

     An oscilloscope shows the difference


    between a musical sound and a noise

     Noise (no regular pattern)


     Music (regular pattern)

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