The Science of the Guitar

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Sound is longitudinal wave produced by compression and rarefaction of matter. Sound is produced when a vibrating source creates rhythmic variations in the air pressure (zitzewits & Murphy, page 268) to determine the wavelength of sound you need an equation which is, v=fλ. To explain this equation in broken down context v=velocity (m/s), f= Hertz(Hz) and the symbol λ(Lander) is the unknown that needs to be solved in order to determine the wavelength.
Physics of the guitar
The guitar has been around for thousands of years in one form or another. It is believed that the first forms of guitars were used in Egypt 3000 years ago. The guitar usually has six strings tied tight around a hollow body to resonate the sound. A guitar is a chordophones; chordophones is an instrument in which its standing wave is initially created in the strings of the instruments (David R. Lapp, page 25). The sound that produces from the guitar strings being plucked or strummed vibrate from the circle opening below the strings and resonate through the guitar till the wavelength eventually fades out, strings and gu...

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