Essays on Sound Page 3

Abstract Ruben’s tube is based on the concept of longitudinal waves taking into consideration the fact that sound waves are longitudinal in nature.[1] Often in cases involving longitudinal waves, the medium vibration particles are set parallel to the propagated waves direction.[2] In this research’s experimental design, pressure will be used in generation of standing waves….

Abstract Story telling has evolved from the simplest forms into more complex ones as manifested in radio, theatre, television and films.  As these forms developed, so did their elements like actors, scenery, special sound effects and music. Music and sound. Two elements that have continually been recognized to add depth and feeling to modern story…

Jitter and shimmer are measures used to describe pathological voice quality. Jitter, also known as frequency perturbation, measures the minute involuntary variations in timing between cycles of vibration and compares them to the fundamental frequency. Normal voices have jitter values ranging from 0.2 to 1 percent (Ferrand, 2007). Jitter values above this range indicate that…

The is about a woman, called Maria, who’s studying towards becoming a nun and gets sent away to govern a widowed military commander, Captain Georg Ritter von Trapp, and his seven children. Resulting in the children coming to like her, she falls in love with the captain – just as he was about to marry…

The poem says it is for “Michael Lonlgey”. I assume this is one of a group that Heaney wrote with and exchanged poems with. The first stanza conveys his compulsion to play around wells. He liked the mechanism and the sound it made. There’s alliteration of “dark drop”echoing the bucket hitting the water. There’s an…

Music is one medium through which a generation can express itself. For a generation of suppressed, restless, working-class youths living in early 1960’s Jamaica, this voice was a genre of music known as ska. Since its original appearance, ska has resurfaced twice. Ska music has been presented to three generations of fans in three separate…

Tyler Martin Advanced Orchestration Symphony no. 5 in C minor Beethoven’s intent behind this piece is creating diversity out of unity. The unifying idea of the work is a series of three short notes followed by one long note. The diversity of the simple unifying idea therein is generated by the use of timbral development…

The Sound and Fury, released in 2000, is an award-winning documentary film that allows viewers, more particularly the hearing viewers, to have a glimpse into the quiet and seemed peaceful world of the deaf. It is an informative clip that explicitly displays the struggle of a family over the implant of cochlear, a device that…

The gha?am is a percussion instrument used in the Carnatic music of South India. Its discrepancy is besides played in Punjab and is known every bit Gharha as is a portion of Punjabifolk traditions. Its parallel in Rajasthan is known as the madga and pani mataqa “water jug” . The ghatam is one of the…

The music industry relies heavily on music publishers or companies to develop, protect, and value music. These entities handle both the creative and business aspects, allowing songwriters and composers to focus on their artistic work. This artist-publisher relationship is crucial as many artists and emerging composers may not have sufficient knowledge of copyright laws and…