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Sound and Music Name:

Resonance and Guitar Strings


Read from Lesson 5 of the Sound and Music chapter at The Physics Classroom:
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/sound/u11l5a.html
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/sound/u11l5b.html
MOP Connection: Sound and Music: sublevels 6 and 7
Review
1. Standing wave patterns consist of nodes and antinodes. The positions along a medium that appear
to be stationary are known as . They are points of no displacement. The
positions along a medium that are undergoing rapid motion between a maximum positive and
maximum negative displacement are known as . They are the opposite of the
points of no displacement.
2. Use the diagram below to compare the distance between two adjacent nodes on a standing wave
pattern and the wavelength of a wave. Write a sentence comparing these two distances.

Resonance in Strings:
3. Draw the standing wave patterns for the first five harmonics and complete the equations.

Harmonic # Standing Wave Pattern  ---> L L ---> 

1 L =   = L

2 L =   = L

3 L =   = L

4 L =   = L

5 L =   = L

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Sound and

4. Determine the wavelength of the ...


a..........wave in this 1.3-meter long string. b..........wave in this 85-cm long string.

c...........first harmonic wave pattern for a 78.5- d. ... fifth harmonic wave pattern for a 1.05-
cm long guitar string. m long guitar string.

Use the wave equation and your standing wave patterns to solve the following problems. PSYW
5. A guitar string with a length of 80.0 cm is plucked. The speed of a wave in the string is 400. m/sec.
Calculate the frequency of the first harmonic. PSYW

6. Calculate the frequency of the second and third harmonic for the string in question #5. PSYW

7. A pitch of Middle D (first harmonic = 294 Hz) is sounded out by a vibrating guitar string. The
length of the string is 70.0 cm. Calculate the speed of the standing wave in the guitar string. PSYW

8. A frequency of the first harmonic is 587 Hz (pitch of D5) is sounded out by a vibrating guitar string.
The speed of the wave is 600. m/sec. Find the length of the string. PSYW

9. A rope is vibrating in such a manner that three equal-length segments are found to be vibrating up
and down with 321 complete cycles in 20.0 seconds. Waves travel at speeds of 26.4 m/s in the rope.
What is the length of the rope? PSYW

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