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A collection of common musical terms used throughout the Instrument Recognition project's final report.

Upon discussion of the implementation and general work done during the course of this project, a number of specific musical terms will be used. For those with a bit of musical background, these should be very straightforward. However, considering the steriotypical divide between the arts and the sciences, the following is a psuedo-comprehensive list of common terms that will be referenced within this report.

  • Articulation: Characteristics of the attack, duration, and decay (or envelope) of a given note.
  • Intonation: Correctness of a produced pitch as compared to the accepted musical norm.
  • Tone: Quality or character of a sound.
  • Timbre: Combination of qualities of a sound that distinguishes it from other sounds of the same pitch and volume.

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Source:  OpenStax, Elec 301 projects fall 2005. OpenStax CNX. Sep 25, 2007 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col10380/1.3
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