two instruments can produce dramatically different *sounds* while producing the same *notes* and i just think that's neat
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the position of "notes" in the sheet music sense describes *frequency,* right? in terms of "physical characteristics of the sound" what are other terms that describe other aspects of a given sound? how are they communicated to people trying to replicate the music?
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wrt sheet music, the shape of the note describes the duration of the sound so that's one what about uhhh the shape of the sound itself, like how some instruments sound "thinner" than others, what's going on there
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the thinness / tone / timbre of an instrument is known ahead of time, and so is not noted on sheet music
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Suppose I manufacture violins and one of them comes out wrong. Is there technical language to describe in what exact ways it sounds wrong? Or a standard technical specification that says what timbre a well-made violin should have?
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to the best of my knowledge, no, there is not super-precise language for this, but there is arsty-fartsy language ...unless they break out microphones and oscilloscopes and then they have hard data, and use the data and not English.
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