You experience some sounds as interesting, beautiful, pleasing — or even annoying and disturbing — because music is organized sound (and silence) over time.
"Organized" means there are differences in pitch (how high or low a sound is), and the sounds are arranged with rhythm (when they happen and how long they last). To review:
"Organized" means there are differences in pitch (how high or low a sound is), and the sounds are arranged with rhythm (when they happen and how long they last). To review:
- Music — organized sound and silence over time.
- Rhythm — when and how long sounds (or notes) are played.
- Interval — the distance in pitch between two notes.
- Melody — a sequence of notes of different pitches (with rhythm) played over time.
- Pitch — how high or low a sound is (not how loud — loudness is a separate quality called dynamics or volume).
- Note — a single musical sound (with pitch and duration).
