PROPERTIES OF SOUND

INTENSITY   

Tell us if a sound is high or low .  

Examples : 

second 0 : 21 to 0 : 43 is mezzoforte , from 0:43 to 1:05 is fortissimo , from 1:05 to 1:50 ia mezzoforte . 



DURATION  

Tell us if a sound is long or short . 
Examples : This is the sort sound : 
 
Large sound : 
From second 0:17 to 0:42 is a large sound 


PITCH  

Tell us if a sound is high or low . 
Examples : 
this is a high sound : 

This is a low sound : 



TIMBRE  

 Helps us to distinguish the animals , voice , instrument , etc . 

Examples : 


 




 





 

















 

                                                                           

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