Soft and loud sounds

Soft Sounds

The sound is of a low volume and has a uniform wave pattern that gives a soothing effect.

Soft Sounds
Soft Sounds By Manuel Strehl – Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=803242

Examples

  • Music such as Piano, Guitar, flute etc.
  • Sounds of birds
  • Hissing of snakes

Loudness

  • The sound which is of high volume, that causes irritation and pain to the ears is called Loud Sounds.
  • The wave pattern of Loudness has irregular patterns, with sudden high and lows.
  • These sudden highs and lows cause headache and irritation to our ears.
  • Loudness sometimes categorised as Noise, even soothing Music at a high volume may become a noise.

Example

  • Vehicle horns.
  • Hammer
  • Machines in factories
  • Loudspeaker in Public places
  • Siren
* * All the Notes in this blog, are referred from Tamil Nadu State Board Books and Samacheer Kalvi Books. Kindly check with the original Tamil Nadu state board books and Ncert Books.