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Why do higher pitches appear to be louder?
It may just be in a few cases, but in the case of a flute, a higher pitch appears to come with a perceived higher volume. Is this simply because you need to put more energy into the flute to get a ...
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Physics of a guitar
I understand that when you pluck a guitar string, then a bunch of harmonic frequencies are produced rather than just the frequency of the desired note.
If this is true, why does C2 sound so different ...
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Open Ended/ Close Ended instruments?
Close ended instruments have twice the wavelength, because the wave must travel twice the distance to repeat itself.
Why must a wave reach a lower density medium (air in this case) to repeat? When ...
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Physics of musical theory [closed]
can you recommend some instructive online source where I could find some information about physics of musical theory. It can be either basic or advanced. I'd like to improve my guitar play ...
