Phonetic
Part of speech: noun
Definition: In such logographic writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with radical.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Relating to the sounds of spoken language.
Acoustics
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The physical quality of a space for performing music.The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws.
Example sentence: I like hearing fiddles, steel guitar, acoustics up loud - really rock & roll stuff but with a country sound behind it. That's just who I am. I'm not trying to prove a point; I am just doing what I like. But I don't have any problems with any other artist coming in and doing their own thing.