During a rehearsal for the winter choral concert,the director slams his baton down on the podium and shouts,"People! I need more volume." Applying what you know about the nature of sound,what is the director asking of his students?

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The director is asking for more volume, which refers to the sound's intensity. Increasing the intensity means making the sound louder, which is what the director wants the students to do. Choice A is incorrect because the frequency refers to the pitch of the sound, which the director is not addressing. Choice B is also incorrect because the wavelength refers to the distance between two identical points on a wave, which the director is not concerned with. Choice D is incorrect because timbre refers to the quality of the sound and cannot be decreased or increased.

During a Rehearsal for the Winter Choral Concert,the Director Slams