... dependent upon the laws of physics governing the vibrations of tense strings. Sounds differ from each other in three essential particulars: 1st, in pitch, that is, in gravity or acuteness ; 2d, in loudness or intensity ; and 3d, in timbre or quality... Sound and Its Phenomena - Page 40by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 1854 - 436 pagesFull view - About this book
| Royal Scottish Society of Arts - Industrial arts - 1883 - 796 pages
...dealt with later. The wave length of such a musical sound is a physical fact, and is determined by the number of vibrations communicated to the air in a given time, and the physiological effect produced on the ear, by a given wave length, is called the pitch. Experiment... | |
| John Pyke Hullah - 1857 - 96 pages
...duration, intensity, and timbre. 5. The pitch (acuteness or gravity, height or depth) of a musical sound depends on the number of vibrations communicated to the air in a given time. As this number increases or diminishes so does the sound become more acute (higher), or more grave... | |
| Park Benjamin - Mechanical engineering - 1880 - 1002 pages
...loudness or intensity ; and 3d, in timbre or quality of tone. The pitch of the sound always depends upon the number of vibrations communicated to the air in...slower vibrations, those which are more grave. The low С of a piano gives a deep bass note ; the highest C, an acute treble one. Not that one of these notes... | |
| Park Benjamin - Mechanical engineering - 1880 - 1004 pages
...loudness or intensity ; and Sd, in timbre or quality of tone. The pitch of the sound always depends upon the number of vibrations communicated to the air in...slower vibrations, those which are more grave. The low С of a piano gives a deep bass note ; the highest C, an acute treble one. Not that one of these notes... | |
| Park Benjamin - Mechanical engineering - 1880 - 1184 pages
...of tone. The pitch of the sound always depends upon the number of vibrations communicated to the tir in a given time. Rapid vibrations produce sharp, shrill...vibrations, those which are more grave. The low C of a piano gives a deep bass note ; the highest C, an acute treble one. Not that one of these notes is touched... | |
| Park Benjamin - Mechanical engineering - 1884 - 1008 pages
...loudness or intensity ; and 3d, in timbre or quality of tone. The pitch of the sound always depends upon the number of vibrations communicated to the air in...vibrations, those which are more grave. The low C of a piano gives a deep bass note ; the highest C, an acute treble one. Not that one of these notes is touched... | |
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