In the previous part of Lesson 5, the formation of a standing wave patterns in an…

Many musical instruments consist of an air column enclosed inside of a hollow metal tube.…

A guitar string has a number of frequencies at which it will naturally vibrate. These…

Resonance                                The goal of Unit 11 of The Physics Classroom Tutorial is to develop an…

Previously in Lesson 4, it was mentioned that when an object is forced into resonance vibrations at…

As mentioned earlier, all objects have a frequency or set of frequencies with which they…

Musical instruments and other objects are set into vibration at their natural frequency when a person hits,…

Natural Frequency As has been previously mentioned in this unit, a sound wave is created as a…

As a sound wave travels through a medium, it will often reach the end of…

The Doppler effect is a phenomenon observed whenever the source of waves is moving with respect to…