Units of Measure
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Potpourri
200

Hertz (Hz)

What is Pitch?

What is Frequency?

200

"How" a sound sounds. This differentiates the sound between a vibraphone, marimba, and xylophone, even when the pitch and amplitude are the same

What is Spectrum/Timbre?

200

Lowering a note by one semitone, but now you'll have to replace it on your car; hope you've got a spare!

What is a Flat Tire?

200

What room number are we in?

038

400

Beats

What is Rhythm?

What is Duration? 

400

The smallest unit of pitch we can move on the keyboard or piano roll

What is a semitone?

What is a half step?

400

The property of sound that tells when notes happen, and the dog who leaves clues for Steve or Joe

What is Rhythm and Blues?

400

This amendment to the constitution granted women the right to vote

What is the 19th Amendment?

600

Decibels

What are Dynamics?

What is Volume?

What is Amplitude?

600

120 dB

What is the Threshold of Pain?

600

Something that tells you how many beats are in each measure after cleaning your house

What is a Meter Maid?

600

This is the College Mr. Jaeschke went to

What is Penn State?

800

BPM

What is Tempo?
800

Distortion in the sound quality of audio due to excessive volume

What is Clipping?

800

You ride this to go low or high in a building and on the piano roll

What is an Elevator Pitch?

800

Heads or Tails?

Heads

1000

D, B, etc.

What is Pitch?

What is Frequency?

1000

The process that automatically realigns notes in time to an imaginary grid at a user defined granularity

What is Quantization?

1000

Something you don't know how to do well, but it's very loud

What is Not my Forte?

1000

How many miles are on Mr. Jaeschke's Car?

160,207 miles

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