18.12 Vibrating strings: violins, guitars and pianos
Before you read this, I suggest you read posts 18.8 and 18.10; it might also help to read post 18.11. Let’s suppose a string or wire is fixed at A, is stretched tight by a force T (a tensile force, post 16.49) and is then clamped at B. This wire is shown in black. Now… Continue reading 18.12 Vibrating strings: violins, guitars and pianos