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STRINGS AND AIR COLUMNS
HARMONIC

STRING

OPEN-END TUBE

?=L

Fundamental
1st harmonic

___ = L

1st overtone
2nd harmonic

___ = L

2nd overtone
3rd harmonic

___ = L

3rd overtone
4th harmonic

___ = L

4th overtone
5th harmonic

___ = L

The speed of sound in air at room temperature is 343 m/s. Use the chart above the equation = v / f to
answer the following questions:
1. What is the fundamental frequency of an open-end organ pipe that is 44 cm long?

2. What is the 2nd overtone of the pipe in question 1?

3. A taut guitar string has a fundamental frequency of 330 Hz. How long is the guitar string? Assume the wave
speed in this particular guitar string is 410 m/s.

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CLOSED-END TUBE

?=L

Fundamental
1st harmonic

___ = L

1st overtone
3rd harmonic

___ = L

2nd overtone
5th harmonic

___ = L

3rd overtone
7th harmonic

___ = L

4th overtone
9th harmonic

___ = L

The speed of sound in air at room temperature is 343 m/s. Use the chart above the equation v = f to
answer the following questions:
4. What is the fundamental frequency of a closed-end organ pipe that is 44 cm long?

5. What is the 2nd overtone of the pipe in question 4?

6. A closed-end organ pipe has a fundamental frequency of 380 Hz. How long is the pipe?

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