| Definition | Term |
| A set of notes that combine in patterns that are pleasing | |
| Sound waves with frequencies above the normal human range of hearing | |
| How much matter there is in a given volume | |
| brass and woodwind instruments are in this category of instruments | |
| This affects the sound quality of a musical instrument by increasing the loudness of certain overtones | |
| The amount of energy a sound wave carries per second through a unit area | |
| When the echoes of a sound are heard after the sound source stops producing sound waves | |
| Describes your perception of the energy of a sound | |
| The ability of a material to bounce back after being disturbed | |
| Gas, solid, liquid are the three types of these that sound can travel through | |
| Sound waves make this vibrate in the ear | |
| A disturbance that travels through a medium as a longitudinal wave | |