The Guitar: A Module on Wave Motion and Sound |
Contents
Goals for Section | 1 |
Summary of the Results of Experiment | 8 |
Experiment A2 Harmonics and Modes of Oscillation | 15 |
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amplitude antinodes audio oscillator beat frequency bels bridge called consonant constant curve dB meter decibel diatonic scale displacement dissonance distance eardrum elastic example Experiment A-1 Experiment B-1 Figure 33a fourth harmonic fret fundamental frequencies Goal graph of frequency guitar body guitar string hear Helmholtz resonance increases intensity level Item longitudinal loudness mass per unit massive string midpoint module motion musical nodes observed octave pattern of vibration phons piano pieces of string pitch pluck the string Problem produce pull quency Question ratio resonant frequency restoring forces result second harmonic shape shown in Figure sixth string sound board sound box sound hole sound level sound wave speaker speed standing wave string is plucked string vibrates Table tension third harmonic tion tone transverse pulse transverse wave traveling waves tude unit length variables vibrating string W/m² WAVE MOVING wave train wavelength waves traveling