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The Physics Teacher -- November 2006 -- Volume 44, Issue 8, pp. 509

Experimenting with Guitar Strings

Michael C. LoPresto

Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI

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What follows is a description of a simple experiment developed in a nonmathematical general education science course on sound and light for fine arts students in which a guitar is used with data collection hardware and software to verify the properties of standing waves on a string.

© 2006 American Association of Physics Teachers

KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords

physics education, wave propagation, mechanics, vibrational modes, waveform analysis, frequency measurement, musical instruments

PACS

  • 01.50.Pa

    Laboratory experiments and apparatus

  • 43.75.+a

    Music and musical instruments

  • 46.40.-f

    Vibrations and mechanical waves

History
Online Nov 2006

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0031-921X (print)  

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2362942

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