Class 1

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

10:07 PM

Distance - measurement from 1 point to another

Speed - distance covered in specific time. (distance/time)
Displacement - (shortest distance from the initial to the final position of a point P)
Mass - amount of matter
Acceleration - increase in speed
Velocity - speed with direction
Compression - reduction in volume
Rarefaction - increase in volume, decrease in pressure,
Attack - speed from no sound to peak.
Transient - movements/vibrations happen really quickly
Sustain - lasts for a longer duration
Decay - Amount of time taken for something to drop.
Frequency -Number of complete oscillation in 1 sec. ( 1Hz = 1 complete movement
in 1 sec)
Wavelength - Distance between 2 similar points (*inversely proportional to
frequency)
To have sound, you must have vibration. V ibration creates sound.
The quantity of sound contained in frequency is pitch.

Basic definition
Mass - the quantity of matter that a body contains, as measured by its acceleration
under the force exerted on it by a gravitational field.
Force - an influence tending to change the motion of a body or produce motion or
stress in a stationary body
Distance - an amount of space between two points or things. Usually measured in
meters ( m) or feet
Displacement - Change of position of a point or object in reference to its previous
position
Acceleration - the rate of change of velocity per unit of time
Velocity - rate of change of position or speed of something in a given direction. It is
measured in meters per second ( m/s). Both speed and direction is required to
define velocity

Acceleration - the rate of change of velocity per unit of time

Velocity - rate of change of position or speed of something in a given direction. It is
measured in meters per second ( m/s). Both speed and direction is required to
define velocity
Pressure - the continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by
something in contact with it. Defined as force per unit area applied to an object
Compression - reduction in volume causing an increase in pressure
Oscillation - move or swing back and forth at a regular speed
Attack - the initial transient of a musical note or the time taken for a sound to reach
its initial peak
Transient - a sound that is not sustained. Rapid attack and decay. Eg. Snare drum
Cycle - series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order
Pressure - the continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by
something in contact with it. Defined as force per unit area applied to an object
Compression - reduction in volume causing an increase in pressure
Rarefaction - the opposite of compression. Increase in volume causing reduction in
pressure

Sound
Sound is vibrations perceived by the sense of hearing
In more technical language, sound is an alternation in pressure, particle
displacement, or particle velocity propagated in an elastic material or series
of mechanical compressions and rarefactions or longitudinal waves that
successively propagate through a medium.
Sounds travels as longitudinal waves

Simple Harmonic motion (SHM)

Simple harmonic motion is neither driven nor damped and the motion is

periodic and repeats itself at standard intervals in a specific manner -

described as being sinusoidal or that of a sine function with constant
amplitude
A sine wave can be considered as the purest or simplest form of oscillatory
representation where as a common musical sound will contain complex
waveform with harmonic content

periodic and repeats itself at standard intervals in a specific manner -

described as being sinusoidal or that of a sine function with constant
amplitude
A sine wave can be considered as the purest or simplest form of oscillatory
representation where as a common musical sound will contain complex
waveform with harmonic content