Musc 100 Ubc

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Time
The sensation of present, past and future
Loudness
How much a sound dominates one's sensation
Timbre
The quality of a sound that indicates what is maaking it and how
Pitch
Quantity in which sounds with the same loudness and timbre can differ
Onset (attack)
The change to a sound from silence or another sound
Release
The change from a sound to silence or another sould
Timepoint
A particular instant at which a change is perceived
Process
And activityt that makes the present sound like it is a result of the past and that enables the listener to anticipate a future
Sustaining
A process that produces uninterrupted sound, and usually unchaging loudness (it makes a release sound like the end of an acitivity that began at a past onset)
Duration (time span)
The time that passes from an earlier timepoint to a later one (a sound's duration of is the time that passes from its onset to its release)
Interonset duration
The duration from the onset of a sound to the onset of the next sound (psychologists call this an onset interval)
Accent
The stress or distinction of a timepoint (and of of a sound or siilence that follows) in comparison with earlier timepoints
Continuity
Temporally directed quality of the duratioin fo a process
Beginning
When a process starts
End
When a process ceases