Lecture 6

Sound
SOUND WAVES
Are longitudinal
waves created from
a vibrating source
Mechanical
waves
Required a
medium
The speed of sound differs in
various material
In which medium do you think will sound travel
the fastest?
In which medium do you think will sound travel
the fastest?
In which medium do you think will sound travel
the fastest?
In which medium do you think will sound travel
the fastest?

It is because of the arrangement and spacing of

particles in each medium
ARRANGEMENT OF PARTICLES IN EACH
MEDIUM

Solid Liquid Gas

ARRANGEMENT OF PARTICLES IN EACH
MEDIUM

Solid
 ARRANGEMENT OF PARTICLES IN EACH MEDIUM
Solid Liquid Gas

Sound travel more quickly in solid because the particles in it

are closely packed with each other
VACUUM
CHARACTERISTICS OF SOUND WAVES

PITCH
LOUDNESS
TIMBRE
 PITCH
refers to the higness or
lowness of sound
The frequency of a wave
dictates the pitch of a sound
PITCH
AUDIBLE FREQUENCIES
20 Hertz (HZ) TO 20 000 (HZ)
ULTRASONIC FREQUENCIES
above 20,000 (Hz)
INFRASONIC FREQUENCIES
30,000 (Hz)
 PITCH

50,000 Hz 100,000 Hz
 LOUDNESS
refers to how soft or how intense the sound
is

Can be determined by the amplitude of the

sound waves
LOUDNESS
LOUDNESS
LOUDNESS
 LOUDNESS
Decibel (dB)- unit
of intensity level
for sound

ALEXANDER
GRAHAM BELL
 LOUDNESS
HUMAN HEARING RANGE
0 dB - 120 dB
THRESHOLD HEARING RANGE
0 dB
THRESHOLD OF PAIN
120 dB
 LOUDNESS
Considered as a pyschological sensation
that differs from different people
LOUDNESS
Noise is a distorted
sound wave that is not
pleasing to the senses
 Music is a special sound that forms a
pattern and is appealing to our sense of
hearing
 TIMBRE
TONE QUALITY
used in differentiating two
different sounds that have the
same pitch and loudness
 TIMBRE
The tone quality depend
on the waveform of the
sound wave
ACTIVIT

Y
ACTIVIT

Y
SUMMATIVE
QUIZ 3