Guitar String Harmonics: Standing Waves
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The vibration of a guitar string provides a good example of standing waves. Holding down the string at a fret forces a node in the vibrating string and produces a standing wave with the appropriate wavelength.
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Contributed by: Connor Davenport (April 2019)
Suggested by: Edmon Perkins
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA
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Snapshot 1: 3rd harmonic
Snapshot 2: 4th harmonic
Snapshot 3: 5th harmonic
Variables: : amplitude, : wavelength, : angular frequency, : string length, : harmonic number, : string tension, : string density
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