The Sound of Physics

Making music is not only ART, but also SCIENCE

Transverse waves travel on

the string of a guitar after
the strings are plucked. a
standing wave is a wave that
looks like its not moving, its
amplitude may change, but
it isn t traveling anywhere.
A sound wave is the pattern
of disturbance caused by the
movement of energy traveling
through a medium ass it
propagates away from the
source of the sound.

What makes the sound on your phone when you

Guitars are tuned so that the
fundamental frequencies of their
string corresponds to set notes, when
you press down on the string at
certain places, you change the length
of the string so that the frequency
corresponds to the chord.
get a text message?
Your phone speaker contains a diaphragm. When
you got the message, the electronics inside the
speaker makes the diaphragm move back and forth
which vibrated the air around your phone. Thus,
spreading the sound wave outward
causing your phone to ring!