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SZCZ and ŚĆ HARD TO EXPLAIN [19]
Wow! How random! I was just (and I swear in all honesty!) going to start a thread about this same thing! Great! :D
So am I safe in thinking that Cz has a shorter sound than Ć and the same with Sz and Ś?
In music music there is a thing called ADSR with regard to the "shape" of a sound...
Attack
How quickly the sound reaches full volume after the sound is activated (the key is pressed). For most mechanical instruments, this period is virtually instantaneous. However, for some popular synthesized voices that don't mimic real instruments, this parameter is slowed down. Slow attack is commonly part of sounds called pads.
[edit] Decay
How quickly the sound drops to the sustain level after the initial peak.
[edit] Sustain
The "constant" volume that the sound takes after decay until the note is released. Note that this parameter specifies a volume level rather than a time period.
[edit] Release
How quickly the sound fades when a note ends (the key is released). Often, this time is very short. An example where the release is longer might be a percussion instrument like a glockenspiel, or a piano with the sustain pedal pressed.
Bearing this in mind I would then think that as I said above Cz and Sz have a shorter decay and release than Ć and Ś.
I'm sorry to drag music into this but it seems the way to go on a text based site.
I'd love to hear pgtx's and Krzysztof's opinions on this one...
:)
Krzysztof
