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Music Acoustic Sound
CHAPTER OUTLINE
“Sound” is an English-based word. “Audio” is derived from Latin, and refers to things that are related to hearing. Sound does not necessarily have to be audible. Infrasound and ultrasound, which are below and above the normal range of human hearing, respectively, are examples of inaudible sounds.
In English, we tend to use the terms “sound” and “audio” indiscriminately. When discussing acoustical topics in this book, we will be dealing with “sound,” and that is where we will begin.
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