Birdsong Basics
The smaller units that researchers break birdsong into
What are "notes" or "syllables"?
The bird species that was studied in the article
What is the "Zebra Finch"?
A sound waveform can be broken down into two levels of description.
What are "envelope and fine structures"?
A repeating pattern or sequence of syllables that have characteristic rhythms and tempos.
What is a "phrase" or "motif"?
Phrases or motifs characteristically have these
What are "rhythms" and "tempos"?
Zebra Finch performed nearly perfectly at discriminating these sounds
What are "reversed syllables"?
The envelope is made up of this
What are "slow fluctuations in amplitude"?
What is a "notion"?
What birds appear to listen most closely to
What are "fine acoustic details"?
Zebra Finches performed poorly at discriminating these sounds
What are "shuffled syllables"?
Zooming in on the waveform of a song can reveal these
What are "fine acoustic details"?
A simple song
What is a "melody"?
The key to understanding birdsong may not relate to these
What is are "sequences"?
Zebra Finch song bouts were believed to include this
What is a "single motif repeated over and over"?
The term used to describe how loud or quiet a sound is.
What is "amplitude"?
A performance of a song or motif
What is a "rendition"?
Something that many researchers haven't noticed historically when studying birdsong
What is "fine structure"?
The motif with the second syllable reversed that was presented to the Zebra Finches was one of the...
What are "novel sounds"?
The term used to describe the pitch (high or low) of a sound wave.
What is "frequency"?
To discover or notice something, especially something that is difficult to see, hear, smell, etc The study of sounds.
What is "detect"?