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    1. This document discusses the frequency, amplitude, and waveform of sound waves. It explains that sound waves are periodic disturbances in air pressure that can be measured over time at a single location. 2. A sound wave goes through regular cycles of compression and rarefaction as it travels. The time to complete one full cycle is called the period, measured in seconds or milliseconds. The number of cycles completed per second is called the frequency, measured in hertz. 3. Higher pitches correspond to increasing the number of cycles per second, or increasing the frequency. The period and frequency define key properties of the sound wave.

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    1. This document discusses the frequency, amplitude, and waveform of sound waves. It explains that sound waves are periodic disturbances in air pressure that can be measured over time at a single location. 2. A sound wave goes through regular cycles of compression and rarefaction as it travels. The time to complete one full cycle is called the period, measured in seconds or milliseconds. The number of cycles completed per second is called the frequency, measured in hertz. 3. Higher pitches correspond to increasing the number of cycles per second, or increasing the frequency. The period and frequency define key properties of the sound wave.

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    1. This document discusses the frequency, amplitude, and waveform of sound waves. It explains that sound waves are periodic disturbances in air pressure that can be measured over time at a single location. 2. A sound wave goes through regular cycles of compression and rarefaction as it travels. The time to complete one full cycle is called the period, measured in seconds or milliseconds. The number of cycles completed per second is called the frequency, measured in hertz. 3. Higher pitches correspond to increasing the number of cycles per second, or increasing the frequency. The period and frequency define key properties of the sound wave.

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    1. This document discusses the frequency, amplitude, and waveform of sound waves. It explains that sound waves are periodic disturbances in air pressure that can be measured over time at a single location. 2. A sound wave goes through regular cycles of compression and rarefaction as it travels. The time to complete one full cycle is called the period, measured in seconds or milliseconds. The number of cycles completed per second is called the frequency, measured in hertz. 3. Higher pitches correspond to increasing the number of cycles per second, or increasing the frequency. The period and frequency define key properties of the sound wave.

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    1.2 Theory Paragraph 1.

    2 - Frequency, amp litude, and waveform

    time (by measuring t he pressure at a single location as a func tio n of tim e). For
    example, we can imagi ne t hat if we were located at a specifi c point in space,
    we mig ht observe a series of condensat ions and rarefact ions of the air around
    us, as in figu re 1.8.

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    Fig.1.8 A graphical representat ion of compression and rarefact ion

    At t ime t_1, whi ch occurs immed iately before t 0 the air pressure has its norma l
    value, since the cyclic disturbance has not yet reached our po int of observation .
    At instant t 0 the disturba nce arrives at our observat ion point, pressure starts to
    rise, reaches'a maximum value at time t 1, and t hen decreases unti l it returns to
    nor mal at t ime t 2 . It cont inues to decline, reaching its minimum value at t 3, after
    w hich pressure returns to its normal value at t 4 ; the patt ern then repeats. What
    has been described is a phenome no n called a cycle, and an event that always
    repeats in this way is called periodic.B The ti me requ ired to complete a cycle is
    said to be the period of th e wave, wh ich is indicated by th e symbol T and is
    measured in seconds (s) o r in milliseconds (ms). The number of cycles that are
    comp leted in a second is def ined as frequency, and is measured in hertz (Hz) or
    cycles per second (cps).
    If, for example, a sound wave has period T = 0 .0 1s (1/100 of a second), its fr e-
    quency w ill be 1/T = 1/0.0 1 = 100 Hz (or 100 cycles per second)." (ibid)

    Whi le examining figure 1.9, listen to the sounds of Interactive Example 1A. 9
    We can see (and hear) th at increasing the number of cycles per second (Hz)
    corresponds to making a sound higher in pit ch.

    8 M ath ematically a waveform is said to be periodic if it is repeated regularly for an infinite tim e. In
    t he practice of music. of course, we can satisfy ourselvesw ith periods much shorte r than infinity !
    We wi ll say tha t a wave is " musically period ic" wh en it displays enough regu larity to induce a
    perception of pitch th at correspon ds to the period of the wave . We' ll discuss th is issue in more
    detail in Chapte r 2.
    9 Please note that interact ive examples and othe r supporti ng mate rials to th e book can be fo und
    on the we b at htt p://www.virtual -sound .com/cmsupport.
    10

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