Distinguishing Sounds
We have usually no trouble identifying most of the sounds we hear
What makes sounds so characteristic?
- different notes ??? - different loudness ???
- we usually hear a superposition of
- the fundamental frequency is
accompanied by higher harmonics with
different weights is the total intensity
- the manner in which the various
components of the sound decay also
differs from one instrument to another
methods of detecting the harmonics, and
- oscilloscopes; Fourier transforms