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Musical instruments at a level designed for high school physics.

HIS MANUAL COVERS the physics of waves, sound, music, and Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust – we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.” – Albert Einstein It is determined for the insects as well as for the star. “Everything is determined … by forces over which we have no control. PROJECT: Building a Copper Pipe Xylophone PROJECT: Building a Three Stringed Guitar

LAPP, FELLOW WRIGHT CENTER FOR INNOVATIVE SCIENCE EDUCATION TUFTS UNIVERSITYĬhapter 3: Modes, overtones, and harmonicsĪCTIVITY: Interpreting Musical Instrument Power SpectraĪCTIVITY: Evaluating Important Musical Scales
