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QUESTION:
If you very lightly touch a vibrating guitar string at its midpoint, you can hear a tone that is one octave above the fundamental for that string. (An octave is a factor of 2 in frequency.) Explain.
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QUESTION:
If you very lightly touch a vibrating guitar string at its midpoint, you can hear a tone that is one octave above the fundamental for that string. (An octave is a factor of 2 in frequency.) Explain.
ANSWER:Step 1 of 2
The fundamental note occurs when there are two nodes at each end of the string. By touching the midpoint of the string, a third node is created segmenting the string in two.