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    The Physics of Sound: Why Do We Hear What We Hear?

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    Sound is produced when an object vibrates, disturbing the surrounding air and creating changes in air pressure that move as sound waves. These waves travel through the air and cause the eardrum to vibrate, sending signals to the brain. The three components of sound are pitch (frequency of vibration), loudness (volume), and timbre (tone color). Pitch is determined by the frequency of vibration, from low to high pitches. Loudness depends on the energy and intensity of the sound waves. Timbre is the quality that distinguishes different instruments or voices producing the same pitch.

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    Sound is produced when an object vibrates, disturbing the surrounding air and creating changes in air pressure that move as sound waves. These waves travel through the air and cause the eardrum to vibrate, sending signals to the brain. The three components of sound are pitch (frequency of vibration), loudness (volume), and timbre (tone color). Pitch is determined by the frequency of vibration, from low to high pitches. Loudness depends on the energy and intensity of the sound waves. Timbre is the quality that distinguishes different instruments or voices producing the same pitch.

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    POWER POINT PRESENTATION FOR CLASS IX

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    Sound is produced when an object vibrates, disturbing the surrounding air and creating changes in air pressure that move as sound waves. These waves travel through the air and cause the eardrum to vibrate, sending signals to the brain. The three components of sound are pitch (frequency of vibration), loudness (volume), and timbre (tone color). Pitch is determined by the frequency of vibration, from low to high pitches. Loudness depends on the energy and intensity of the sound waves. Timbre is the quality that distinguishes different instruments or voices producing the same pitch.

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    The Physics of Sound: Why Do We Hear What We Hear?

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    The Physics Of Sound

    Why do we hear what we hear?


    (Turn on your speakers)
    Sound is made when something vibrates.
    The vibration
    disturbs the air
    around it.
    This makes changes
    in air pressure.
    These changes in air
    pressure move
    through the air as
    sound waves.
    The sound
    waves cause
    pressure
    changes against
    our ear drum
    sending nerve
    impulses to our
    brain.
    This is similar to throwing a
    rock into a pond.

    Air molecules
    ripple through
    the air in sound
    waves like
    water waves
    rippling across
    a pond.
    The three components of sound are:

    Pitch (how high or low)

    Loudness (volume)

    Timbre (tone color)


    Pitch
    The vibration patterns of
    some sounds are repetitive.
    Vibration patterns are also
    called waveforms.
    Each repetition of a
    waveform is called a cycle.
    We can hear frequencies
    between 20 hertz or cycles
    (vibrations) per second
    (low pitches)to 20
    kilohertz, i.e. 20,000 Hz
    (high pitches).
    When the frequency
    of a sound doubles
    we say that the
    pitch goes up an
    octave.
    We can hear a range
    of pitches of about
    ten octaves.
    Many animals can
    make sounds and
    hear frequencies
    that are beyond
    what we can hear.
    Loudness
    To create vibrations
    energy is used.
    The greater amount
    of energy used the
    louder the sound.
    The strength of the
    changes in air
    pressure made by
    the vibrating object
    determines
    loudness.
    •As the sound spreads out from its source, the
    concentration of power becomes less.
    As the distance
    from the source
    increases the
    amount of power
    is spread over a
    greater area.
    The amount of
    power per square
    meter is called the
    intensity of the
    sound.
    Humans do not perceive sound intensity linearly.

    For us to perceive a
    sound as twice as loud
    its intensity must be
    ten times greater.
    The perceived intensity
    level of sound is
    measured in a
    logarithmic scale using
    a unit called the decibel
    (dB) 2
    The scale begins (0
    dB) on the softest
    sound that a person
    can hear. This is
    called the threshold
    of hearing.

    The scale ends at


    the volume that
    causes pain (120
    dB) and is
    therefore called
    the threshold of
    pain.
    From the perspective of the logarithmic
    scale the threshold of pain is

    1,000,000,000,000
    times as great as the
    threshold of hearing.
    •The picture above is
    a wave file of
    someone singing.
    •The chart on the left
    is a representation of
    different sounds
    around us and their
    volume in decibels.
    “Timbre” (TAM-ber) or tone color
    is the specific
    property of
    sound that
    enables us to
    determine the
    difference
    between a
    piano and a
    harp.
    An extremely broad variety
    of tone colors exist because
    most sounds that we
    perceive as pitch actually
    contain many frequencies.

    The predominant pitch


    is called the
    fundamental
    frequency.
    Although we would perceive a string
    vibrating as a whole,
    it actually vibrates in a pattern that at first
    appears to be erratic producing many different
    overtone pitches. What results are particular tone
    colors or timbres of instruments and voices.
    The other frequencies which occur in a
    mathematical series are called the
    harmonic or overtone series.
    When C1 is the fundamental the
    following pitches represent its first
    fifteen successive overtones.
    I hope you enjoyed my presentation.

    I hope it made
    you happy…
    But I do hope it didn’t make you feel like this.

    Bye !
    a ministry of Fellowship Church
    Presentation by James Wingerter-Praise Encourager

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