Question
What are the characteristics of sound? On what factors do they depend?
Answer
The main characteristics of sound are:
- Pitch: The characteristic of a musical sound by which a sharp or a shrill sound is distinguished from a dull, flat sound of the same intensity is known as its pitch.
- Loudness: Loudness is the property by which a loud sound can be distinguished from a faint one, both having the same pitch.
- Timbre: The quality of a sound that distinguishes it from other sounds of the same pitch and loudness. Timbre is determined by the waveform of the sound wave.
