Jam Session

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Ambience – the “natural” sounds within any given environment

Acoustic Space – echo/vibrations in the drum and "hollow" sounds

Amplitude - at times it was very loud, others very soft

Pitch – huge range of pitch, with low pitch in the drums and high pitch in the "plucked" instruments, and in between were the instruments that had beads on the inside that were shaken.

Frequency – rate at which sound waves occur. It determines pitch.

Tone- tone did exist as some instruments had a constant tone, as they did not vary in pitch, creating the same sound throughout the jam session.

Dynamic range – there was a high range of volumes, to emphasize certain sounds at different points

Harmonics: it worked more with rhythm and variation in pitch that did not create a harmony; there weren't any harmonies [pitches that are exactly evenly spaced]

Melody – the constant rhythm from the drum was melodic because it very distinct and unchanging throughout the song.

Timbre – the qualities of the sound that each distinct instrument made were emphasized at certain points; instruments changed their rhythm, tone, pitch, amplitude, etc at these points to alter their quality to stand out.

Noise: There was a multitude of frequencies from each of the instruments original sounds which distorted the sound in a unique way.