Ear
This is made up of the snail-shaped organ for hearing.
What is Cochlea?
You would do this to increase the volume on a guitar.
What is plucking the strings harder?
A Fan is on in the classroom. Students need to do this to stop the constant hum.
What is to turn off the fan?
Something used to produce music.
What is an instrument?
A quiet sound that is difficult to hear.
What is soft?
This is made up of the eardrum and three small bones that send the movement of the eardrum to the inner ear.
What is middle ear?
A chime on the door has three chimes that are different sizes. The biggest chime makes this kind of pitch.
What is the lowest pitch?
There are four instruments of different sizes. All are saxophones. This one will play the lowest pitch.
What is the largest?
A large sound that is easy to hear.
What is loud?
The loudness of a sound.
What is volume?
This is made up of the cochlea, the semicircular canals that help with balance, and the nerves that go to the brain.
What is the inner ear?
A guitar has a thinner string compared to the others. This string would play this kind of pitch.
What is the highest pitch?
This is an example of a sound receiver.
What is a person's ear.
To pull the strings of an instrument with your fingers.
What is pluck?
How high or low a sound is.
What is pitch?
This is made up of the three parts: our ears that we see on the sides of our heads (pinna), the ear canal, and the eardrum.
What is the outer ear?
A person playing a cello notices that one string is just a bit higher-pitched than it should be. The person should do this to play a lower pitch.
What is to turn the peg to loosen the tension on the string?
Vocab word: Vibrations that travel through the air and can be heard when they reach your ear.
What is sound?
Something that detects sound.
What is a sound receiver?
To move back and forth quickly.
What is to vibrate?
The speed at which something vibrates. High-frequency vibrations are rapid vibrations.
What is frequency?
A person playing a cello wants to play a higher pitch. The person should do either of these two things to play a higher pitch.
What is to turn the peg to tighten the string or press down on the string to make it shorter?
A device that vibrates in a way that makes sound.
What is a tuning fork?
Relating to the sense of hearing.
What is auditory?
It is the chief muscle of breathing. It is a dome-shaped sheet of muscular tissue extending across the body below the chest.
What is a Diaphragm?