Reading Assignment [ R-6 ]

Read Chapter 6 of the textbook.

Upload a Word (.doc or .docx) or PDF file to Canvas with answers to the following questions. Put a blank line between each answer in order to make it easier to read. Use your own words. After the definition each term, create an example of using the word in a sentence.

Vocabulary

1. tone
2. timbre
3. pure tone
4. fundamental frequency
5. waveform
6. harmonics
7. harmonic series
8. additive synthesis
9. sawtooth wave
10. square wave
11. spectrum
12. formant
13. vibrato
14. frequency modulation
15. noise
16. inharmonic spectrum
17. white noise
18. chorus effect

In addition to defining the above vocabulary, answer the following questions in your own words.

1. How many different frequencies make up a sine wave?
2. If you make a graph of a waveform, what does the vertical y-axis represent? What does the horizontal x-axis represent?
3. Why are two of the notes in Fig. 2 filled in and in parenthesis?
4. Which waveform has more different frequencies, a square wave or a sawtooth wave?
5. If you make a graph of a spectrum, what does the vertical y-axis represent? What does the horizontal x-axis represent?
6. Which frequencies' amplitudes do you have to boost in order to make the sound "brighter"?
7. According to Table I, is the frequency range of the first formant on the oboe higher or lower than for a flute?
8. How can you tell from looking at the spectrum of a sound whether its spectrum is harmonic or inharmonic?