SOUND AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS

 A VERY BRIEF SUMMARY

SPREADING SOUND:

• It spreads in a straight line.
• It travels in all directions.
• It travels 340 metres per second.
• When it is reflected, it produced an echo or a reverberation.

CHARACTERISTIC OF SOUND

• Intensity: it tells you if a sound is lour or soft.
• Patch: it tells you if a sound is high or low.
• Timbre: it is the quality that lets us differenciate between similar sounds.

Vocabulary:

• Vocal cords: cuerdas vocales.
• Vibrate: vibrar.
• Throat:garganta
• Quality: calidad
• Intensity: intensidad
• Pitch: tono
• Timbre: timbre
• Whisper: susurro
• Soft: suave
• Loud: alto
• Flute: flauta
• Saxophone: saxo
• Spread: extenderse
• Straight: recto
• Reflect: reflejar
• Bounce: rebotar
• Phenomena: fenómeno
• Happen: ocurre
• Echo: eco
• Reverberation: reverberación