aspects of a sound, such as pitch, timbre, volume and duration, that give it a recognizable and definable tonal character
Properties of sound
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Relative pitch
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an ability to identify one pitch with reference to another given pitch
Absolute pitch
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perfect pitch, a strong conscious or unconscious memory of musical pitch
Scordatura
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Technique
Scordatura changes string tuning to expand resonance, simplify fingerings, or support specific tonal colors. When used, score…
Tone
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a sound of definite pitch; the quality of a sound; the American word for note
Prosody
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all features of a language, including duration, pitch and stress
Pitch pipe
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device that is used to set any pitch of the chromatic scale
Quadrophonic
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a sound system that uses four independent speakers, Surround Sound
Accidentals
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Notation
Accidentals are symbols placed before notes: sharp ( ) raises a pitch flat ( ) lowers a pitch natural cancels previous altera…