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Page 115
... sound , which are neither loudness nor pitch , are known technically as differ- ences of timbre or " quality . " Quality , then , embraces all the differences which distinguish words from other sounds and from each other . In order to ...
... sound , which are neither loudness nor pitch , are known technically as differ- ences of timbre or " quality . " Quality , then , embraces all the differences which distinguish words from other sounds and from each other . In order to ...
Page 116
... sound waves . " The " rapidity and amplitude of the sound waves " do determine , as we have seen , the pitch and loudness of the sound ; but they have nothing to do with the " endless variety of tones . " The quotation just made is ...
... sound waves . " The " rapidity and amplitude of the sound waves " do determine , as we have seen , the pitch and loudness of the sound ; but they have nothing to do with the " endless variety of tones . " The quotation just made is ...
Page 117
... sound there made was reproduced . ยท we Pitch merely , not quality , was trans- mitted by this instrument , because it was a circuit breaker . Pitch , as have seen , corresponds to and varies with the time consumed by the vibration of ...
... sound there made was reproduced . ยท we Pitch merely , not quality , was trans- mitted by this instrument , because it was a circuit breaker . Pitch , as have seen , corresponds to and varies with the time consumed by the vibration of ...
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