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Musical tone

Index Musical tone

Traditionally in Western music, a musical tone is a steady periodic sound. [1]

23 relations: Amplitude, Classical music, Duration (music), Fourier series, Fundamental frequency, Harmonic series (mathematics), Loudness, Music, Music and mathematics, Musical note, Periodic function, Phase (waves), Pitch (music), Pure tone, Reference tone, Signal tone, Sine wave, Synthesizer, Timbre, Transient (acoustics), Vibrato, Waveform, White noise.

Amplitude

The amplitude of a periodic variable is a measure of its change over a single period (such as time or spatial period).

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Classical music

Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western culture, including both liturgical (religious) and secular music.

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Duration (music)

In music, duration is an amount of time or a particular time interval: how long or short a note, phrase, section, or composition lasts.

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Fourier series

In mathematics, a Fourier series is a way to represent a function as the sum of simple sine waves.

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Fundamental frequency

The fundamental frequency, often referred to simply as the fundamental, is defined as the lowest frequency of a periodic waveform.

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Harmonic series (mathematics)

In mathematics, the harmonic series is the divergent infinite series: Its name derives from the concept of overtones, or harmonics in music: the wavelengths of the overtones of a vibrating string are,,, etc., of the string's fundamental wavelength.

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Loudness

In acoustics, loudness is the subjective perception of sound pressure.

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Music

Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time.

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Music and mathematics

Music theory has no axiomatic foundation in modern mathematics, yet the basis of musical sound can be described mathematically (in acoustics) and exhibits "a remarkable array of number properties".

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Musical note

In music, a note is the pitch and duration of a sound, and also its representation in musical notation (♪, ♩).

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Periodic function

In mathematics, a periodic function is a function that repeats its values in regular intervals or periods.

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Phase (waves)

Phase is the position of a point in time (an instant) on a waveform cycle.

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Pitch (music)

Pitch is a perceptual property of sounds that allows their ordering on a frequency-related scale, or more commonly, pitch is the quality that makes it possible to judge sounds as "higher" and "lower" in the sense associated with musical melodies.

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Pure tone

A pure tone is a tone with a sinusoidal waveform; this is, a sine wave of any frequency, phase, and amplitude.

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Reference tone

A reference tone is a pure tone corresponding to a known frequency, and produced at a stable sound pressure level (volume), usually by specialized equipment.

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Signal tone

A signal tone or signalling tone (or signaling tone) is a steady periodic sound (not necessarily a pure tone) used to indicate a condition, for example on a telephone line or as an audible warning.

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Sine wave

A sine wave or sinusoid is a mathematical curve that describes a smooth periodic oscillation.

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Synthesizer

A synthesizer (often abbreviated as synth, also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates electric signals that are converted to sound through instrument amplifiers and loudspeakers or headphones.

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Timbre

In music, timbre (also known as tone color or tone quality from psychoacoustics) is the perceived sound quality of a musical note, sound or tone.

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Transient (acoustics)

In acoustics and audio, a transient is a high amplitude, short-duration sound at the beginning of a waveform that occurs in phenomena such as musical sounds, noises or speech.

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Vibrato

Vibrato (Italian, from past participle of "vibrare", to vibrate) is a musical effect consisting of a regular, pulsating change of pitch.

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Waveform

A waveform is the shape and form of a signal such as a wave moving in a physical medium or an abstract representation.

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White noise

In signal processing, white noise is a random signal having equal intensity at different frequencies, giving it a constant power spectral density.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_tone

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