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What is Sound Waves

Chapter 11
Describing Nature Through Visual Data
Sinusoidal waves characterized by their frequency, amplitude, intensity (sound pressure), speed, and direction. Pairs of sound waves may reveal additive and subtractive interference.
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Music and the Mind: How to Have a Brilliant Child
Robert C. Ehle (University of Northern Colorado, USA)
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5753-2.ch011
Abstract
This chapter ponders answers to several questions asked by music listeners not having direct experience with the sounds: How does the brain perceive sounds? How does the harmonic series dominate music? What are consonances and dissonances? Why do octaves sound nearly the same? What is perfect pitch? How do you have a brilliant child by boosting its sensory perception in the perinatal period?
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Chapter 5
How We Hear and Experience Classical, Computer, and Virtual Music
Sinusoidal waves characterized by their frequency, amplitude, intensity (sound pressure), speed, and direction. Pairs of sound waves may reveal additive and subtractive interference.
Published in Chapter: How We Hear and Experience Classical, Computer, and Virtual Music; From: Interface Support for Creativity, Productivity, and Expression in Computer Graphics
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Chapter 11
The Origins of Music and of Tonal Languages
Sinusoidal waves characterized by their frequency, amplitude, intensity (sound pressure), speed, and direction. Pairs of sound waves may reveal additive and subtractive interference.
Published in Chapter: The Origins of Music and of Tonal Languages; From: Interface Support for Creativity, Productivity, and Expression in Computer Graphics
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