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Excerpt from Excelsior Song Book: A Collection of Songs, Chants and Hymns, Designed for Juvenile Classes, Schools and Seminaries; Containing a Complete System of Elementary Instruction in the Principles of Musical Notation Sound is the sensation produced by the vibra tion of the air, or some other medium with which the ear is in contact. There are two kinds of sound; that which is the result of uniformly even vibration is called tone, While that arising from irregular vibration is called noise. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.