What is Tone?
A '''musical tone''' is a repeating sound. Musical tones are different in [[duration]], [[loudness]], and [[timbre]].<ref>{{cite book | title=Orion's Highway Across the Galaxy |edition= |author=Charles E. Anzalone |publisher=Xlibris | year=2012 | page=146 |isbn= 9781477141472| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DrWLk9efjSoC&dq=Musical+tones+are+different+in+duration%2C+pitch%2C+emotion%2C+loudness%2C+and+timbre.&pg=PA146 }}</ref> The [[note]]s used in [[music]] can have many complex forms, such as short [[transient|bursts]], [[vibrato|changes in pitch]], and shifts in noise. A simple tone, or [[pure tone]], has a steady noise. A complex tone is a musical tone that is not steady. Simple tones are added together to make complex tones.<ref> {{cite book | title = On the sensations of tone as a physiological basis for the theory of music | edition = second | author = Hermann von Helmholtz and Alexander John Ellis | publisher = Longmans, Green | year = 1885 | page = 23 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=GwE6AAAAIAAJ&dq=%22musical+tone%22+simple+compound&pg=PA23 }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{music-stub}} [[Category:Musical notation]]