THE SOUND OF MUSIC

NOISE AND MUSIC

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What are overtones and harmonics ? The presence of which makes a sound musical ?

Explain the characteristics of musical sounds. On what factors do they depend ?

Answer true or false Musical sound is produced by periodic vibrations.

Organ pipes are musical instruments which are used for producing musical sound by blowing air into the pipe. Organ pipes are of two types: closed organ pipes are closed at one end and open at the other. Open organ pipes are open at both ends. The study shows that the overall musical sound produced by an open organ piipe is richer than the musical sound produced by a closed organ pipe. Read the above passage and answer the following questions: (i) Why the overall musical sound produced by an open organ pipe is richer than the musical sound produced by a closed organ pipe ? (ii) What does this study imply in day to day life ?

Assertion (A): Different musical sounds are produced from percussioninstruments by exciting the stretched membrane at different tensions. Reason (R): Flute, bassoon, oboes are examples of drum instruments.