Whilst it is not necessary to learn the formula for calculating the standard deviation, there may be times when you wish to include it in a report or dissertation. Where x represents each value in the population, Î¼ is the mean value of the population, Ï is the summation (or total), and N is the number of values in the population.
In music, timbre, is the quality of a musical note or sound that distinguishes different types of sound production or musical instruments. The physical characteristics of sound that mediate the perception of timbre include spectrum and envelope. Timbre is also known in psychoacoustics as sound quality or sound color.
Play around with the words and try to come up with your own adjectives to describe the timbre of songs you are listening to. Those were the 10 most common words to describe music or better said 10 musical parameters. Try to expand your vocabulary beyond the words I listed here and become skillful at describing music.