Chapter 7: Voices and Musical Instrument Families
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Key Points
- Properties of sound include pitch, duration, volume, and timbre, or tone color.
- An instrument generates vibrations and transmits them into the air.
- The human voice can be categorized into various ranges, including soprano and alto for female voices, and tenor and bass for male voices.
- The world instrument classification system divides into aerophones (such as flutes or horns), chordophones (such as violins or guitars), idiophones (such as bells or cymbals) and membranophones (drums).
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